Asking and
Giving Opinion
Definition:
Asking Opinion is an expression used to solicit
opinions from someone. Giving opinion is giving an opinion to someone.
Asking opinios :
·
What do you think of
… (Apa pendapatmu
tentang …)
·
Is that right (true)
that … (Apakah itu benar
bahwa ..…)
·
Do you think it’s
going … (Apakah Anda
pikir itu akan …)
·
Why do they behave
like that? (Mengapa mereka
berperilaku seperti itu?)
·
Do you have any
idea? (Apakah kamu
punya ide?)
·
Please give me your
frank opinion. (Tolong beri saya
pendapat jujur Anda.)
·
What’s your opinion? (Apa pendapatmu?)
Expressing Opinions :
·
In my opinion, … (Menurutku, …)
·
I personally believe
… (Saya pribadi
percaya …)
·
I personally think … (Saya pribadi
berpikir …)
·
I personally feel (Saya pribadi
merasa…)
·
Not everyone will
agree with me, but .. (Tdk semua org akan setuju denganku, tapi)
·
To my mind … (menurut
pendapat saya)
·
From my point of
view… (Dari sudut
pandang saya..)
·
Well, personally .. (Nah, secara
pribadi …)
·
If I had my way I
would … (Jika saya punya
cara saya saya akan …)
·
What I’m more
concerned with is … (Apa yang lebih saya
perhatikan adalah..)
·
In my case .. (Dalam
kasus saya…)
·
Absolutely … (Benar-benar
….)
Example:
Maya : Nafa, do you think that English is difficult lesson?
Nafa : I don’t think so. I think there is no difficult
lesson.
Maya : Pardon?
Nafa : Yes, I think if we learn seriously, there is no
difficult lesson. It’s depend on our seriously.
Maya : I don’t think so, in my opinion, it’s difficult because
I hard to do every tasks that are given by our teacher.
Nafa : According to me, it is because of you are lack of
vocabularies. So, try to enrich your vocabulary then.
Maya : Em… I think so. Anyway, English in our class is
scheduled at the last class, right?
Nafa : Yes. What do you think about it?
Maya : It’s good. There is no problem about it.
Nafa : I don’t think so. I think if English is in the first
class, it will be easier to do the lesson. I am hard to follow that schedule.
Maya : But I think if we learn seriously, there is no hard in
it. It’s depend on our seriously.
Nafa : hahaha are you kidding me? That’s my words!
Choose
one picture below, make a dialogue about asking and giving opinion based one the
picture you have chosen. Then, record it on the voice recorder!
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