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Includes asking for opinions with Yes/No, OR, and WH questions; negative questions; and delaying strategies for thoughtful replies. Also provides expressions for sharing information, presenting arguments, adding points, and expressing strong opinions, certainty, agreement, and disagreement with diplomatic alternatives, irony, and countering.",{"@graph":69,"@context":123},[70,84,106],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":20,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/exam/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/expressions-for-discussion-and-debate/423112/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/expressions-for-discussion-and-debate/423112.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"404brain","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-03","2026-09-28",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":105},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",15,{"@type":107,"mainEntity":108},"FAQPage",[109,115,119],{"name":110,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":112},"What types of questions are included for asking someone’s opinion?","Question",{"text":113,"@type":114},"The document provides Yes/No questions, OR questions, WH questions, and Negative Yes/No questions, each with example sentence frames.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"How can you delay when you need time to think?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"It lists delaying strategies such as “I can’t answer that directly” and “I’ll need time to think about that,” plus longer polite hedging options.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"Which expressions help you agree or disagree in debate?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"It includes complete and partial agreement phrases, conditional agreement, and multiple disagreement styles such as complete disagreement, diplomatic doubt, and irony-based disagreement, along with countering expressions.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},423112,1790864082,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":34,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145,"preview_page_count":4},1099529839291,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","EXPRESSIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE   \nAsking someone for their opinion about a topic  \nYes/No Questions  \n§ Do you believe in …?  \n§ Do you believe in …?  \n§ Do you think we should…?  \n§ Do you think everybody should…?  \n§ Do you think that…?  \n§ Would you consider…?  \n§ Would you ever consider …?  \nOR Questions  \n§ Are you for or against …?  \n§ Would you prefer…?  \n§ Would you rather…?  \n§ What is better: -   or   ?  \nWH Questions  \n§ What do you think of …?  \n§ What do you think of …?  \n§ What do you think of package holidays?  \n§ What do you think is the problem between …and …?  \n§ What do you think is the problem with …?  \n§ What do you think are the causes of …?  \n§ What are the advantages and disadvantages…?  \nNegative Yes/No Questions  \n§ Don’t they…?  \n§ Don’t you think it’s better to …?  \n§ Don’t you understand that …?  \n§ Don’t you see that …?  \n§ Can’t you see that …?  \n§ Wouldn’t it be better to   ?  \n§ Wouldn’t it be wiser to   ?  \n§ Wouldn’t you agree that …?  \n§ Why shouldn’t they?  \nDelaying Strategies  \n§ I can’t answer that directly.  \n§ I’ll need time to think about that.  \n§ That’s a very interesting question, because    \n§ That’s a difficult question to answer, because    \n§ That’s a tough question to answer, because    \n§ To be honest, that’s a difficult question, because    \n§ That’s a very good question. The reality is that    \n§ What do you mean by that?  \n§ What do you mean by …?  \n§ Well, it depends on what you mean…  \n§ Well, if you ask me, it all depends on your circumstances    \n§ Well    \nAsking someone information  \n§ I’d like to know  \n§ I’m interested in  \n§ Could you tell me..?  \n§ Could I ask about …?  \n§ Do you know if…?  \n§ Do you know what   is?  \n§ Do you happen to know whether or not…?  \n§ Do you happen to know what   Is?  \nPresenting arguments  \nPresenting the most important point  \n§ The main thing is…  \n§ The most important thing is…  \n§ Primarily  \n§ Most importantly,  \nPresenting a number of arguments  \n§ First of all,…  \n§ Firstly,…  \n§ Well, firstly …  \n§ To begin with,…  \n§ I’d start by …  \n§ For a start,    \n§ There’re two points here. Firstly,… Secondly,…  \n§ There are two problems here   Moreover  \n§ You also have to consider  \n EXPRESSIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE   \nAdding an argument  \n§ Also,    \n§ Again, that depends on …  \n§ In addition,…  \n§ What’s more,…  \n§ I might add that…  \n§ Perhaps I should also mention…  \n§ Not to mention the fact that …  \n§ Plus the fact that…  \n§ Not only that, but…  \nGiving your opinion about a topic Expressing a strong opinion  \n§ In my opinion,…  \n§ In my view,…  \n§ In my reckoning,…  \n§ I strongly believe in …  \n§ I definitely think that…  \n§ Well, if you ask me,…  \n§ Well, I think    \n§ I believe  \n§ Istrongly believe  \n§ I have a reason to believe  \n§ I’m sure that…  \n§ I’m pretty sure that…  \nExpressing a strong value ( It’s / They’re + value adjective)  \n§ It’s a nonsense to    \n§ ... It’s a scandal, because    \n§ It’s perfect for …  \n§ It’s wrong…Likewise,…  \n§ They’re ideal…  \nExpressing certainty  \n§ According to government statistics,…  \n§ Actually,…  \n§ Infact,…  \n§ Clearly,…  \n§ Obviously,…  \n§ People have always …  \n§ People just won’t continue to …  \n§ Without doubt,…  \n§ There’s no doubt that    \n§ Undoubtedly  \n§ Surely,…  \nAgreeing  \nExpressing complete agreement  \n§ Exactly!  \n§ Precisely!  \n§ Totally!  \n§ Absolutely!  \n§ That’s right!  \n§ Correct!  \n§ You’re right!  \n§ You’re so right!  \n§ That’s so true!  \n§ I couldn’t agree with you more!  \n§ I’m with you on that  \n§ That’sjust what I was thinking!  \n§ That’s exactly what I think.  \n§ That’s a good point.  \n§ That’sjust how I see it.  \n§ My feelings exactly.  \n§ I’ll say!  \n§ You can say that again!  \nAgreeing in part  \n§ Yes, perhaps, however ...  \n§ Well, yes, but ...  \n§ Yes, in a way, however ...  \n§ Hmm, possibly, but ...  \n§ Yes, I agree up to a point, however ...  \n§ Well, you have a point there, but ...  \n§ There's something there, I suppose, however    \n§ I","cbCaioI5kl4FX1ZD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioI5kl4FX1ZD","pdf",36912,"English","# Asking for opinions\n## Asking someone for their opinion about a topic\n## Yes/No questions\n## OR questions\n## WH questions\n## Negative Yes/No questions\n## Delaying strategies\n# Asking for and sharing information\n## Asking someone information\n# Presenting arguments\n## Presenting the most important point\n## Presenting a number of arguments\n## Adding an argument\n## Giving your opinion about a topic","[{\"question\":\"What types of questions are included for asking someone’s opinion?\",\"answer\":\"The document provides Yes/No questions, OR questions, WH questions, and Negative Yes/No questions, each with example sentence frames.\"},{\"question\":\"How can you delay when you need time to think?\",\"answer\":\"It lists delaying strategies such as “I can’t answer that directly” and “I’ll need time to think about that,” plus longer polite hedging options.\"},{\"question\":\"Which expressions help you agree or disagree in debate?\",\"answer\":\"It includes complete and partial agreement phrases, conditional agreement, and multiple disagreement styles such as complete disagreement, diplomatic doubt, and irony-based disagreement, along with countering expressions.\"}]","Expressions for Discussion and Debate | PDF",1790630253,18]