Asking For and Giving Opinion

DEFINITION OF ASKING FOR AND GIVING OPINION

Asking for opinion is a skill in a good manner will mean that you get more information. This section will help students to think about how they can best put questions in a forum like a meeting, class discussion or question time type event.

In general, questions need to be: 

1. Put politely

2.Clear

3. About one issue

4. Encourage a response:

- What do you think about periodic table of elements ?

- What’s your opinion?

- What are your ideas?

- Do you have any thoughts on that?

- How do you feeling about organization level of the cell ?

- What about your physic homework ?

- What is your view ?

- Don’t you think …. ? (very polite)

Asking	Giving
What do you think ...?	Well, I think ...
What's your opinion about ...?	In my opinion I think ...
How do you feel about ...?	I feel that we should ...
What's your reaction to that?	My reaction is that we should ...
Any comments, John?	May I make a comment on that?

Other examples

Those expressions are used to ask for opinions.

·        What do you think of this refrigerator?

·        So, do you think I should buy those florescent light bulbs?

Those expressions are used to give opinions.

·        I think the other one’s better.

·        In my opinion, you should buy the florescent light bulbs

Here are other expressions that you can also use:

Asking opinion	Giving opinion
·        What is your opinion…?	I think…
·        What do you think of..?	I believe..
·        How do you feel about..?	I fell…
·        How do you see…?	It seems to me…

DIALOG ASKING OPINION AND GIVING OPINION

Daniel   : Hey Lara ! Do you know the hot news in our school ?

Lara      : Yes, I know. About the minimum score, isn’t it ?

Daniel    : Yes, exactly. What do you think ?

Lara       : I think it so high. I believe that is bad idea.

Daniel     : I don’t think so. Precisely with the 80 score, we can go into the University easily. With PMDK
                 program.

Lara        : Yes, I know it. But, for everyday it so hard.

Daniel      : Maybe, it can be the pole for us to be better than yesterday. I hope we can do it. Although it so
                 hard.

Lara        : Ok. Amin. :)

 example 2
Kent : What do you think about that film?
Joe : I think that film is very interesting