ASKING FOR AND GIVING OPINION

Definition :

Opinion is a subjective belief, and is the result of emotion or interpretation of facts.

Expresion Asking and Giving Opinion :

Formal :

• Have you got any comments on …..
• Do you have any idea?
• Do you have any opinion on ……
• Would you give me your opinion on……….?
• What is your reaction to ….

Informal

• What do you think of…….?
•  What do you think about………?
•  What is your opinion?
• Why do they behave like that?
• Do you think it’s going?

Ø  Giving Opinion

Informal

•   I think I like it.
•   I don’t think I care for it.
•   I think it’s good/nice/terrific……..
•   I think that awful/not nice/terrible…………
•   I don’t think much of it.

Example Dialog :

  Luke        :     Hi,Jean. Where are you going anyway?

   Jean        :     Oh, hi Luke. I’m going to the library.

   Luke        :     Oh. Hey maybe you can also borrow teen lit or chick lit there?

                     Jean        :     Well, I think that’s impossible,Luke. Because I don’t like those books. In my opinion, the stories are not so interesting and sometime they’re so boring.

                     Luke        :     I see. According to me, the books are okay. The stories are based on the everyday facts in teenagers life.

  Jean        :     Then, we have different opinion about it Luke. And I appreciate your opinion.