Expressing

opinion

In my opinion...

I think...

I believe...

I reckon...

I suppose...

I imagine...

From my point of view...

I expect...

To me...

Describing content of a picture

at the top

at the bottom

on theright-hand

side

on theleft-hand

side

in the background

in the foreground

in the topleft-handcorner

in the bottomleft-handcorner

Concluding

phrases

To sum up...As you can see...

Undoubtedly...On the whole...

Obviously...For all these reasons...

As I have noted...

Speculating

The way I see it...

Judging by... I’d say...

It’slikely that...

The impression I get is that...

As far as I can tell / see...

I should think...

It looks (to me) as ..

It’s hard to say, but...

He/she/they must / can’t...

quite/fairly/highly

if/though

He/she/they must / can´t have...

He/she/they must / can´t be ...-ing

He/she/they might / could...

He/she/they might / could have...

He/she/they might / could have...-ing

Comparing and

contrasting

Both pictures ..The first picture..

the second picture...

show / portray.whereas / while

Similarly...Likewise...

(Much) in the same way...Compared to A, B ...

Differently from A, B...On the one hand... on the other hand Agreeing and

disagreeing

I (do) agree (with you)I could ’t agree more (with you)...I agree up to a point...I see what you mean, but...Point taken, but...(I’m afraid) I don’t agree with you...That’s true, but...You’re right, but...That’s an interesting idea, but...We’d better agree to disagree...

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Useful phrases: Paper 5 (Speaking)Adding something

BesidesToo / also

On top of this/thatTo cap it all

Introducing strongpoints of view

Frankly...Honestly...

Obviously...