Asking for Opinion

You can use these expressions to ask for an opinion.

• What do you think of ...?

• What are your views ...?

• What are your feelings about ...?

• Excuse me, Madam. What do you feel about...?

• I’d be grateful to have your view/opinion on ....

You can use these expressions to give an opinion.

• I think ....

• In my opinion ....

• My own view of the matter of the problem is ....

You can use these expressions to decline an opinion:

• Well, I’m thinking the opposite way ....

• I don’t think so. To my mind ....

• If I may say so, ....

1. Your friend : What is your opinion about Indonesian teenagers nowadays?

You :

2. Your friend : What do you think of Indonesian movies today?

You :

                       

3. Your friend : What do you feel if someone lies to you?

You :

4. Your friend : Do you think this jacket is good?

You :

5. Your friend : The damage of our forest is getting worse, don’t you think?

You :

6. Your friend : What is your view about studying abroad?

You :

Taken from: English in Focus Grade VIII

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lesson 4 A2

A.2 observe the word order of questions with the verb be.

STATEMENT:			john	Is in	class
YES/NO QUESTION:		is	john	in	class?
					where
		is	john	in	class?
WH-QUESTION:	where	is	John?

COOMENT

1.       The wh-word which replaces a part of the predicete phrase is put at the beginning of the question.

2.       The rest of the pattern is the same as for yes/no questions: the form of be (am, are, is was, or were) is placed before the subject.

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES

Who was that man?                                        My father.

What is he?                                                        An architect.

What are you?                                                  A student.

Where is john?                                                 In class.

When is he here?                                            In the morning.

Exercise 7. Change the statement into a question with where when. Another student will answer. The answer should be like the expression of time or place in the teacher’s statement.

John is in class	Student A: WHERE IS JOHN?
	Student B: IN CLASS
John is tired at night	Student A: WHEN IS JOHN TIRED?
	Student B: AT NIGHT

                                                                                        

1.       Mary is sleepy in the morning

2.       Mary was in Chicago

3.       Mr. Miller was hungry at noon

4.       The children were quite on the bus

5.       George was at the library

6.       Betty was in New York

7.       George was sick last week

8.       George was twenty years old last week

9.       George and Betty were at the movies

10.   George and Betty are in class

11.   Suits are expensive in Ney York

Exercise 8. Listen to the statement about Paul. Make a wh-question with the word you

Paul studies in the morning	Student A: WHEN YOU STUDY?
	Student B: AT NIGHT (IN THE AFTERNOON, etc)
Paul is a doctor	Student B: WHAT ARE YOU?
	Student C: A STUDENT (AN ARCHITECT, etc)

1.       Paul studies in the library

2.       Paul sees Mr. Miller

3.       Paul is a lawyer

4.       Paul studied grammar yesterday

(two possibilities)

5.       Paul was in New York last year

(two possibilities)

6.       Paul studied business administration

7.       Paul studied in Chicago

8.       Paul arrived last week

9.       Paul studies at night

10.   Paul wa at the library last night

(two possibilities)

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Khrohn

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Lesson 1 ( part A2)

 A.2. Notice the correlation of am, are, and is with the subject noun phrase:

Noun Phrase	Be			Pronoun	be
			singular
			1	I	Am	happy
			2	You	Are	Happy
John	Is	Happy	3	He	I	Happy
Marry	Is	Happy	3	She	Is	happy
The book	is	Green	3	It	is	Green
			plural
You and i	are	Happy	1	We	Are	happy
John and i	Are	Happy	1	We	Are	Happy
You and john	Are	Happy	2	You	Are	Happy
Marry and john	Are	Happy	3	They	Are	Happy
The books	are	Green	3	they	are	Green

Note : Sg. And Pl. are abbreviations for singular and plural. The numbers 1, 2, 3 mean first person, second person, and third person.

Exercise 5. Change the teacher’s statement into a question. Substitute a pronoun for the teacher’s noun phrase.  For example:

The book is new.                          IS IT NEW?

The table is heavy                        IS IT HEAVY?

1.       The book is open

2.       Mary is tired

3.       The pencils are red

4.       John and Mary are busy

5.       The window is open

6.       The table is heavy

Taken form : English Sentence structure by Robert Krohn

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