FUNCTIONS:

Agreeing

Disagreeing

Hesitating

Introducing your opinion

Asking for opinions

Expressing preferences

Asking for clarification

Expressing likelihood

Speculating, guessing

Advice and recommendations

Describing a picture

Agreeing

I think you’re right

I would go along with the idea

I completely agree with you

That makes perfect sense

You have a point there

Absolutely, that’s spot on!

I couldn’t agree more

Disagreeing

That’s not how I see it

I couldn’t agree less

You must be kidding

That’s a ridiculous idea, don’t you think?

With all due respect, I must disagree

I’m afraid I can’t see it that way

No way, that’s nonsense!

Hesitating

I’m in two minds about it

I have some reservations regarding that

I’m not entirely convinced

There’s something that gives me pause

While I’m not entirely opposed, I do have some doubts

Introducing your opinion

To my mind

I reckon

In my opinion

As I see it

It seems to me

I would argue

From my point of view

Asking for opinions

Don’t you think …?

What’s your attitude to …?

What’s your opinion of …?

Are you in favour of …?

What’s your position as regards …?

You don’t support …, do you?

Expressing preferences

I prefer…

I would rather…

My preference would be…

I tend to favour…

If I had to choose, I would…

I lean towards…

I am inclined to…

Giving reasons

Asking for clarification

Could you please elaborate on that?

Would you mind explaining that further?

I’m not quite sure I understand. Could you clarify?

Could you provide more details?

Can you expand on that point?

Expressing likelihood

“It’s a foregone conclusion that…”

“There’s no doubt in my mind that…”

“I am almost certain that…”

“It’s highly likely that…”

“Chances are that…”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if…”

“It’s possible that…”

“There’s a chance that…”

“It’s unlikely that…”

“I doubt that…”

Speculating, guessing

“It seems to me that…”

“My gut feeling is that…”

“From what I gather…”

“If I were to guess…”

“It would appear that…”

“I reckon that…”

“I suspect that…”

“In all likelihood…”

“There’s a distinct possibility that…”

“It’s plausible that…”

Advice and recommendations

“You might want to consider…”

“Perhaps you could try…”

“If I were you, I would…”

“One thing you could do is…”

“Have you thought of…”

“May I suggest…”

“It might be beneficial to…”

“Consider this approach…”

“Why not give this a go…”

“If it were up to me, I’d…”

Describing a picture

“In the foreground…”

“In the background…”

“In the center of the image…”

“On the left side of the picture…”

“On the right side of the picture…”

“At the top of the picture…”

“At the bottom of the picture…”

“The picture depicts…”

“The image illustrates…”

“The photograph shows…”

“One can see…”

“Notice how…”

“This scene captures…”

“This photograph highlights…”

DICTIONARY

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A-Z Challenge – Phrasal Verbs
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CEF B1

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Intermediate

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

This lesson will teach you 26 practical phrasal verbs. You will have a chance to practise them in some fun ways.

This lesson contains:

  • Some warmup questions
  • A-Z Challenge
  • Fill in the gaps activity
  • Questions for discussion
  • Downloadable glossary

Which phrasal verbs will you add to Your Dictionary?

Remember, also, to add this lesson to your Learning History.

Practise speaking by describing this image

warm up

Answer the questions below.

  • If you could take up any hobby, no matter the cost, what would you choose?
  • Have you ever had to reach out to anybody for help or support?
  • Do you think that petrol cars will eventually yield to electric ones?

A-Z CHALLENGE

Do the A-Z Phrasal Challenge. Let’s see how many of these phrasal verbs are new for you, shall we?

PRACTICE

Complete the sentences in this exercise with EXACTLY the same phrasal verbs as in the examples from the A-Z Challenge.

If you score more than 70%, you will receive a beautiful certificate.

1.

You should his advice. He knows what he is talking about.

2.

If you'll a moment, I'll just find your trip details.

3.

I had seven siblings. It was difficult for my parents to so many children.

4.

I'll have to a computer this week. It is being serviced, because it was very slow.

5.

She doesn't like to , so she cooks a lot.

6.

My sister is my best friend. I wouldn't have anything against it if he wasn't so much older than her.

7.

You will never it! How could you be so cruel to us? I'll make sure you'll pay for what you have done.

8.

I want to to some deserted island and start a life as a hermit.

9.

Why did you leaving early? Didn't you like the party?

10.

She the list of things she had to do. She frowned when she realized how long this list was.

11.

Annaleigh is running. She goes jogging every day, regardless of the weather outside.

12.

Let's this Sunday! We deserve it, don't we? We worked really hard all week.

13.

I don't want to the next big thing Samsung puts to market. I want to be the first to lay my hands on it.

14.

We have the list to four candidates, although I am leaning toward giving the job to Mrs.Lane. She is very well connected.

15.

More than 100 students the student exchange program every year. Most of them decide to go abroad and taste living in a different country.

16.

I wish I'd gone to see my grandmother before she .

17.

There is now no chance that things will this year. We should brace ourselves for some hard times ahead.

18.

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19.

After a long day at the office, she finally in an armchair to watch her favourite series on Netflix.

20.

I am not going to much of your time. I just want you to hear about my latest idea how to save the company some money.

21.

This app your battery. You should delete it.

22.

Since he lost his job, he's only in front of the TV all day.

23.

We have already this business. There was no chance it would be a success.

24.

Canals the railways for transporting goods. Now everything is transported on freight trains rather than on rivers.

25.

Why don't we the January figures? I'd like to discuss it further, if I may.

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DISCUSSION

Answer these questions. Use the language practised from this lesson.

  • Which part of your job takes up the most of your time?
  • Do you feel comfortable reaching out to others for help?
  • Do you enjoy vegging out in front of a TV?
  • Have you ever had to write off any money you had lent to anybody?
  • When will the pandemic quiet down, in your opinion?
  • Will the owners of social media sites yield to pressure from the regulators?
  • How do you prepare your shopping list?

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