Language for speaking part 3 and part 4 questions

Language for speaking part 3

Giving your opinion

The problem in question ...

The main problem centres around ...

It's my belief ...

For my part ...

As I see it ...

As I was saying ...

I forgot to mention ...

I'm of the opinion that ...

To my mind ...

To my way of thinking ...

I am convinced that ...

I am inclined to believe that ...

Agreeing/disagreeing

I couldn't agree more.

I agree up to a point.

I think I see what you mean, but ...

I'm in two minds about it. / I'm ambivalent about ...

I don't see eye to eye with you here ...

That's true in a way, I suppose, but ...

I don't feel convinced ...

That's one way of looking at it. On the other hand ...

Moving on and conclusion

Don't get me wrong but shouldn't we ... ?

Judging by ... they must be ...

... is a separate issue.

Moving on to ...

Taking everything into account ...

Perhaps we should put ... first? What do you think?

A strong point in favour of ... is that ...

What do you think should go next?

Are you happy with this order then?

Do you go along with that?

Part 4 questions

•Do you think that everyone should achieve at least something in their life?

•Are material achievements more important than social ones?

•Are achievements by famous people more important than those by normal people?

•Is it worth studying to graduate from university in the current economic climate?

•How can you measure the size of an achievement?

•How important is communication to success?