General English Level 3 GELEV3 Unit 03 Topic 03.doc Examples 2 Listen to the examples 1. I think so too. 2. It sure is! 3. You're probably right 4. Absolutely! 5. You've (both) got a point. 6. I can see your point. 7. Of course! 3. Disagreeing with other people's opinions Linh and Eddie say: Linh: Oh I'm not so sure. Eddie: Oh why do you say that? Eddie: Mmm, I wouldn't say that. Linh, Eddie and Pedro are disagreeing with each other's opinions. Here are some examples of other ways to disagree with other people's opinions. Examples 3 Listen to the examples. 1. I'm not so sure. 2. I wouldn't say that. 3. Oh really. 4. No, not really. 5. Oh why do you say that? 6. Do you think so? Why is that? 7. I don't agree with you there. Information In English it is OK to disagree with other people's opinions in a polite way. In English it is OK to disagree with other people's opinions using the language in the list above. You can use I disagree but this is quite strong and it might upset some people. If we don't know the other people very well, we usually talk about subjects like education, sport, travel, family, jobs and things that have happened in the news. We don't talk about religion, money or politics. 101 QUESTLANGUAGE