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Session 15
Listen to find out how to give opinions.
α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ α¨αα΅α« ααααΆα½α αααα
αααα α«α³αα‘α’
αααααα«α΅ 15 αα₯α₯α’
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Activity 1
How do I give opinions?
α¨α°αα°α α°αα½ α α΅α°α«α¨α³αΈαα α²α°α‘ α«α³αα‘α αα₯αα α«α α₯α«ααα½α αααα±α’
How many people definitely would NOT sing karaoke?
ααα΅αα αααα³α¨α αααα αα³αα‘α’ α¨αα«α α¨α³α½ α«αα α αα αα α«ααα α©α’
αα©α£α€α
α°αα! αα
How do I… ααα
α³α½α ααα’ α α₯α¨αα½α α¨αααα¨α α₯α αα¬α£α€α α₯αα²αα αα ααα’
Phil
Hello, everybody. Welcome!
αα©α£α€α
α αα
ααα
α΅α₯ α¨αα α α΅α°α«α¨αΆα»α½αα α₯αα΄α΅ α₯αα°ααα°α₯ α₯αα«ααα’ α¨α°αα«α© α°αα½ α¨αα α α΅α°α«αα³αΈαα α²αααα‘ α αα³αα₯ α₯ααααα’ αααα ααα α£αα¨α±α΅α₯ α΅αα΅ α ααα£αα΅α€ α αα αα α₯ααααα³ααα’ αα αα αα΅α¨α© αα αα α₯αα°αααα αααα°α αααα α«α³αα‘α’
What do you think about karaoke?
• I think it’s awful.
• Personally, I love it.
• In my opinion, it’s fine.
αα©α£α€α
αα α α°α‘? α₯α α₯αα°ααα΅αα ααα°αα α°αααͺ αα΅α¨α αα α³αααα α ααααα’ α₯αα΅ αα α¨αα α α΅α°α«α¨α³α½αα ααα΅α α΅ α¨ααα αααα α΅α ααα α₯αααα¨α΅?
Phil
Yes, good idea!
αα©α£α€α
α ααααͺα« α¨α°αα½α α¨αα α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ αα α¨α
α α₯ααα’ α¨α αα΅α α°α α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ ααα α¨α
‘What do you think about…?’ α₯ααααα’
Phil
Yes, and the first person asked about karaoke. Listen and repeat after me:
What do you think about karaoke?
αα©α£α€α
α ααα α α¨ααααͺα«αα α°α α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ αα α¨α°αααα’ α αα ααα α°α α α΅α°α«α¨α±α ααα΅α α΅ αααα©α α α αα΅ αα¨α αα α¨αααα¨αα€ α¨ααααͺα«α α°α ‘I think’ αα α«ααα’
Phil
Yes, we can say ‘I think’ or ‘I think that’ – both are correct.
αα©α£α€α
α¨αα«α α¨ααααͺα«α α°αααͺ ‘it’s awful’ α°α£αͺ αα α αα’ αα
αα αα¨α α¨ααα ααα α αα΅ ααα αα₯α αααα α΅αα΅α₯ ααα’
Phil
That’s right, let’s practise the first sentence to give an opinion. Listen and repeat:
I think it’s awful.
αα©α£α€α
ααα°ααα α°αααͺ α₯αα°αα α αα«α« α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ αα α«ααα’ α α΅α°α«α¨α±α ααααα α¨α°α αααα α«α΅α³αα³α? ‘Personal’ αα α αααα΅ ‘personally’?
Personally, I love it.
Phil
It was ‘personally’.
αα©α£α€α
α αα΅ α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ α¨α₯α αααα ααααα
“α αα” α¨αααα α₯αα ααααα€ αα
ααα α°α α₯αα²α α αα«α« α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ αα α«ααα€ ααα αα α α΅α°α«α¨α± α ααα³α ααα’ ‘I love it’ “αα΅αααα” αα α«ααα€ αα
α α αα΅α ααα α α£α ααα°α³αΈαα α¨αααα
ααα’
Phil
That’s right, let’s practise the second sentence to give an opinion. Listen and repeat:
Personally, I love it.
αα©α£α€α
α ααα€ αΆα΅α°αα α°α α α΅α°α«α¨α±α α«α΅α°αααα α₯αα΄α΅ αα? ‘my opinion’ αα α α«αα αααα΅ ‘in my
opinion’?
In my opinion, it’s fine.
Phil
It was ‘in my opinion’.
αα©α£α€α
α αα€ ‘my opinion’ α¨α₯α α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ α¨ααα΅ α αα΅ ‘in’ αα αα α α΅ααα ααα’ αα
α°α ‘it’s fine’ αα α«ααα€ αα
α αααα¨α α°αα£ααα΅ α«αα αα ααα΅ ααα’
Phil
We can say ‘it’s fine’ when something is OK. Let’s practise the third sentence to state our opinion. Listen and repeat after me:
In my opinion, it’s fine.
Great, now it’s time for some practice!
αα©α£α€α
α₯α½α€ αα α¨αα«ααα₯ααα΅α α₯α«α α«α³αα‘ α₯α α αα΅ ααα α α£α αα₯α αααα α₯αα°αα«α΅α‘ ααααα
αααα©α’ ‘I think’ α¨αααα αα¨α α αααα»αα΅ α αα αα α α΅α°α«α¨α΅αα ααααα’ α¨αα«α ααα΅αα αα α¨α°ααα¨α αα α«αα³αα©α’
Phil
What do you think about hot weather?
I think it’s awful.
αα©α£α€α
α αα α°αα α αα³α½ αααα ‘ααα α ααα’ α₯αα αααα±α’ ‘In my opinion’ α¨αααα αα¨α α αααα»αα΅ α αα αα α α΅α°α«α¨α΅αα αα΅α‘α’ α¨αα«α ααα΅αα α«αα³αα©α’
Phil
What do you think about studying English online?
In my opinion, it’s fine.
αα©α£α€α
α α£α α₯α©! α α΅α°α«α¨α΅αα ααα΅α α΅ α¨αα ααα£αΈαα αΆα΅α΅ ααααΆα½ α°αα¨ααα’ α΅α¨ ααα½αα α ααα₯αα΅ α°α¨ααͺ αααα΅ αα΅α¨α α«αα₯αα΅ ααα΅αααα’ What do you think of our website, Phil?
Phil
Personally, I love it.
αα©α£α€α
I love it, too. Thank you, and see you again for another episode of How do I… Bye!
Phil
Goodbye!
Learn more!
1. α¨α αα΅α α°α α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ αα α¨α
α¨αα½αα α₯αα΄α΅ αα?
'What do you think about…?' ααα΅ α₯α α¨αα« α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ α¨αα ααα α΅α ααα΅α½ αα³α αα΅α¨α°α αα½ααα’ α΅ααα
α α¨αα¨α°αα΅α αα α¨α
α₯αα½αααα’
• What do you think about the new design?
• What do you think about this website?
2. α α΅α°α«α¨αΆα»α½αα ααααα
α¨α΅ααΉα αα¨αα½ α₯αα ααααα’
α α΅α°α«α¨α΅α ααα΅α α΅ α¨αα«α΅α½α αΆα΅α΅ αα¨αα½α 'I think'α₯ 'personally' α₯α 'in my opinion' α°αα¨ααα’ ααα α΅ααααΈα α αα΅ αααα΅ α²αα α¨α αα΅α α°α α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ ααααα
α«αααααα’
• I think it's fine.
• Personally, I love it.
• In my opinion, it's awful.
3. α α΅α°α«α¨α³α½αα α₯αα΄α΅ αααα
α₯αα½ααα?
'It's' ααα΅ α₯α α¨αα«α α α΅α°α«α¨α³α½αα α¨αααα
α
α
αα αα΅α¨α΅α α₯αα½αααα’ ααα³α
• It's fine.
• It's awful.
• It's great.
α α΅α°α«α¨α³α½αα ααααα α¨α°αα«α© ααΆα½α αα ααα α₯αα½αααα’
• I love it.
• I like it.
• I hate it.
α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ α¨αα°α α α₯αα΄α΅ αα?
4 Questions
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
ααα
α αα α₯α«α αα΅α₯ ααα αα΅ α°ααα―αα’Question 1 of 4
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
ααα
α₯αα α αα΅ αα α¨α°α«α«α α£αα€α΅ α₯α αα΅ α«α΅αααααα’Question 2 of 4
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
ααα
α¨αα α αα΅ α αα ααα¨α α΅αααα αααα¨ααα’Question 3 of 4
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct answer.
α΅αααααα ααα΅ ααα¨α‘α’
ααα
α¨αα α α΅α°α«α¨α΅ α₯αα°αα α₯α αα α«α α ααα΅ α₯αα°αα«α΅αααα α«α΅α‘α’Question 4 of 4
Excellent!Great job!αα₯α α₯α΅α αα₯α₯ α α΅αααα αα :
Tell us what you think about learning English on our Facebook group!
α₯ααααα α΅αααα αα α₯αα°αα«α΅α‘ α αα΅α‘α α‘α΅αα½α αααα©αα’
Join us for our next episode of How do I…, when we will learn more useful language and practise your listening skills.
α°α¨ααͺ α αα ααα α¨ααααα α΅ α₯α α¨αα³αα₯ αα
αα΅αα α¨ααααα±α α΅α How do I… ααα
αΆα½α ααα³αα₯ α αα£α© ααα αα α₯ααα’
Session Vocabulary
Karaoke
αα΅α¨α αα ααααawful
αα₯αlove
ααα°α΅fine
α₯α©opinion
α α΅α°α«α¨α΅personally
α αα