English Lesson: How to Express an Opinion

For all of you English learners out there, here is the mini English lesson of the week:

How to Express an Opinion:

Speakers: Intermediate - Advanced

A debate is more than simple saying what you think--you have to now HOW to say what you think. This is easily done by learning key phrases to frame your ideas, thoughts, and questions. The phrases below are very useful to use in debates. They are separated into categories of Expressing your opinion, and Agree, Disagree, or Partial Agree (you agree with some portions of an idea, but not all of it).

Expressing You Opinion

I think...
As far as I'm concerned,..
To my mind,...
According to me,...
As I see it, ...
It seems to me that...
In my point of view / my opinion,....
From my point of view...
I am of the opinion that...
I take the view that. ..
My personal view is that...
In my experience...
As far as I understand / can see/see it,...

Agree with an opinion:

I agree with this opinion.
I completely agree with this view.
This is absolutely right.
I couldn't / can't agree more.

Disagree with an opinion:

I'm afraid. I can't agree with you.
I disagree with you.
I don't agree with you.
I'm not sure I agree with you
I think you're wrong

Partial Agreement:

I agree with this point of view, but...
This idea is right, but...
I agree with you, but...