Expression of Asking for & Giving Opinion

Opinion is including the words of opinion and argument/reason.
Opinion dialogue is a dialogue consists of two persons or more who have opinion each other.

Formal situation

a. Asking for opinion

  - 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...?

  - What is your opinion about...?

  - What are you feeling about...?

  - What are you views on...?

  - Please give me your frank opinion?

b. Giving opinion

- I personally believe ...

- I personally consider ...

- I personally think/feel ...

- I hold the opinion ...

- My own view of the matter is ...

- Well, personally ...

- If I had my view, I would ...

Informal situation:

a. Asking for opinion

- What do you think of...?

- What do you think about...?

- What is your opinion?

- Why do they behave like that?

- Do you think its going?

- How do you like?

- How was the...?

- How do you think of ...’s idea?

- How do you feel about this...?

b. Giving opinion

- I think I like it.

- I think it’s good/nice/terrific ...

- I don’t think I care for it.

- I don’t think much of it.

- I think that awful/notice/terrible...

- I think that ...

- In my opinion, I would rather...

- In my case..

- What I’m more concerned with..

- What I have in my mind is...

- The way I see is that...

- No everyone will agree with me, but ...

- To my mind...

- From my point of view...

- If you ask me, I feel ...

- Absolutely...

Note:

¨        Informal expression are used in a situation where you are talking between friends or close friends.

¨        The expressions usually respond to something that you discuss in an informal situation.

¨        Formal expressions are used in a situation where you are talking in a formal situation, such as in the office or school between the teacher and students.

¨        “think about” is used when a person is occupied with something or somebody.

Example: I can’t stop thinking about her.

¨        “Think of” is used to imagine something. You can actually replace the word think of with the word imagine.