Giving - Expressing Opinion in English

How to give opinion in English? How to express your opinion in English. That us our topic now. Expressing opinion can use the following keywords:
In my opinion....
As far as I concerned....
It is considered that...
According to.....

Using such keywords above can help easily to express certain opinion. The following is the example
In my opinion, learning English is difficult
As far as I concerned English is easy to learn
It is considered that English is not difficult to learn
I find video tutorial on how to give and express opinion in English, watch it

Asking Permission in English

How to ask permission in English can be expressed by using some modal verbs such as can, could, may. Another pattern to ask permission is used the pattern Do you mind...?
Study the following expression in asking permission in English:
Can I borrow you pencil?
Could I borrow you pencil?
May I borrow you pencil?
Can I use your dictionary?
Could I borrow your bike?
May I open the door? It' hot

For more polite expression in asking permission in English, study the following sentences:
Do you mind if I borrow your pencil?
Do you mind I use your dictionary?
Do you mind I open the door?

For further explanation in asking permission in English, watch the following video lesson in asking permission

How to Answer "Tell me about Yourself"

"Tell me about yourself" is often heard as it is very important especially when we got an interview. It is actually such kind of self introduction. This can be very decisive reference for the interviewer as he can see how the candidates handled themselves in an unstructured situation of self introduction.

The interviewer wants to see how articulate the candidate were, how confident they were and generally what type of impression they would make on the people with whom they came into contact on the job. The interviewer also wanted to get a sense of what they thought was important.

Most candidates find this simple question to be a particularly difficult one to answer. Actually, that is a misplaced view. This question offers an opportunity to describe the candidate's self positively and focus the interview on their strengths.

The following is video tutorial to answer the question / imperative statement of " Tell me about yourself!"

Video on How to Introduce Self in English

When we are introducing ourselves, some accounts should be mentioned as a complete introduction. They are:

• Name
• Age
• Address
• Marital status
• profession /skill
• Language mastering
• Family
• What Is being doing now
• Future plan
• Telling hobbies, etc

The following video is good at reference for introducing self in English. This video tutorial in introducing self is submitted with text while we are hearing the audio file.

Video Learning "Conditional Sentences"

Conditional Sentences are usually known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. Conditional sentences are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only happen if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. Conditional sentences are actually sentences with cause and effect relationship.
There are three types of Conditional Sentences.

Conditional Sentence Type 1
Example: If I know her, I will invite her
Pattern: If+Simple Present, Present Future
Meaning: It is possible that the condition will be fulfilled

Conditional Sentence Type 2
Example: If I knew her, I would invite her
Pattern: If+Simple Past, Past Future
Meaning: It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled

Conditional Sentence Type 3
Example: If I had Known her, I would have invited her
Pattern: If+Past Perfect, Past Future Perfect
Meaning: It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.

For video learning in English, See conditional sentences video bellow

Certainty and Uncertainty Expressions

Bellow are some common expressions/phrases used to talk about CERTAINTY:

He must be success
She was pale. Now she is absent. She must be sick
I''m absolutely sure
I'm quite sure
I'm certain
I'm positive
definitely.
certainly.
of course.

And these are common phrases used to express UNCERTAINTY:

it's possible,
it's impossible,
it might be,
it might not be,
it could happen
I wouldn't like to say for certain.
I'm not sure
I doubt it.
I have my own doubts.
it's doubtful.
It's highly / very unlikely.
you never know of course,
no one can know for certain.
I can't tell you for sure.

What are CERTAINTY and UNCERTAINTY?

Certainty is the state of being completely confident or having no doubt about something. However, uncertainty is when nothing is ever decided or sure.

This video learning is clearly show how modal "must" is used to talk CERTAINTY in English speaking. Watch it..

Expression of Preferences

How to Ask Preference
* Which do you prefer tea or coffee?
* Which do you prefer drinking science or physics?
* Which do you prefer to drink juice or mineral water? (Notice: prefer to + present simple)
* Which do you like better basketball or football?
* Do you prefer pizza or spaghetti?
* Would you prefer to eat a cake or a fruit?
* Would you rather eat a cake or a fruit?

How to Answer Question about Preference
* I prefer baseball.
* I'd prefer to drink juice
* I'd rather drink mineral water
* If I had a choice, I would eat a sandwich.
* A cup of coffee would be suitable.

Useful Pattern (prefer, would prefer, would rather)
Followed by a different verb form:
“I prefer living in a city.” (followed by the gerund; the '-ing' ending)
“I would prefer to be told the truth.” (followed by the infinitive; to+ the verb)
“Would you rather stay at a hotel?” (followed by the base form of the verb; the verb without 'to'.

prefer, would prefer – go with 'to'
“I'd prefer living in a city to living in the country.”
“I would (I'd) prefer being alone to being with the wrong person”.

would rather – goes with 'than'
“I would (I'd) rather talk to him in person than call him on the phone.”

See a video learning about talking preference. It will give better understanding in English speaking especially making preference.

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