Week 10

Giving and reporting opinions

1 Six people were asked their opinion about the following issues (Rec 11.5):

·         Should smoking in the workplace be banned?

·         Should it be legal to use surrogate mothers?

·         Should experiments on animals be banned?


Listen and make a note of which issue they were asked about and what they said.


2 a  Match A and B to make phrases.

            A                                            B

     1     As far as                                 convinced that

     2     I haven´t really                                   doubt that

     3     If you ask                               honest

     4     I´m absolutely                         I´m concerned

     5     I´ve no                                    me

     6     It´s                                          often said that

     7     Many people                           thought about it

     8     To be                                      would say that


   b  Which of these phrases are used to:

   1 introduce your own opinion?

   2 report someone else´s opinion?

   3 say you´re not sure about something?