Giving your opinion in English

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Giving your opinion in English

Elementary I (really) think that … I believe (that) … I’m sure that … In my opinion / My opinion is …

Pre-Intermediate I agree with … I feel that … I guess/imagine … I have no doubt that / I’m certain that … I strongly believe that … I’ve never really thought about this before, but … My personal opinion is that / Personally, my opinion is that … To be honest / In my honest opinion, …

Intermediate As far as I know, … It seems to me that … I agree with the opinion of … It’s a complicated/difficult issue, but … I could be wrong, but … My (point of) view (on this) is … I’d definitely say that … Obviously, … I’d guess/imagine that … Some people may disagree with me, but … I’d say that … I’m absolutely certain that … This is just my opinion, but … I’m fairly confident that … Without a doubt, … I’m no expert (on this), but … You probably won’t agree, but … I’m positive that … I’m pretty sure that …

Upper-Intermediate After much thought, … In my humble opinion / IMHO, … After weighing up both sides of the argument, … It could be said that … It seems clear to me that … Although I can see both points of view / Although I can understand the opposite point of view, … It would seem to me that … My initial reaction is … Not everyone will/would agree with me, but … As I see it, ... Personally speaking / Speaking for myself, … Correct me if I’m wrong, but … The way I see it (is) … For me/ From my point of view, … To be (perfectly) frank, … Frankly, … To the best of my knowledge, … I am not very familiar with this topic, but … What I think is … I do believe/ feel/think … You could say … I have come to the conclusion that … I might change my mind later, but … I reckon/suppose … I tend to think that … I’m not sure I’m the right person to ask, but / I have very limited experience of this, but … I’m pretty confident that … I’ve always thought that … If you ask me, … I'm (absolutely) convinced that …

Advanced After giving this matter some (serious) thought, … My opinion was best expressed by … when s/he said/wrote … As far as I'm concerned, … My view/position on this (issue) (is clear and) is that … As the old saying goes, … Having given this question due consideration, … Off the top of my head, … Plainly, … I am of the opinion that … Quite frankly, … I can’t help thinking that … There is a part of me that says … I know this is a minority view, but / I’m in the minority in thinking that … This may well be controversial, but … To my mind / To my way of thinking, ... I tend towards the opinion that … To summarise my (rather complex) views on the matter, … I think it’s fair/reasonable to say … I’ll tell you what I think, … What I always say is … I’m entirely/quite convinced that … With some reservations, … I’ve come the conclusion that … Without a shred/shadow of doubt, … If I must come up with an opinion / If you (really) want my opinion, … You’d have to be crazy not to agree that / Any idiot can see that … In my limited experience, … It could/might well be that … Know what I think? …