{"id":73337,"date":"2020-03-23T10:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73337"},"modified":"2020-03-23T10:17:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:17:17","slug":"ways-of-expressing-agreement-english-speaking-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/ways-of-expressing-agreement-english-speaking-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways Of Expressing Agreement | English Speaking Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson, we will take a look at some of the phrases we can use to show agreement.<\/p>\n<p>To show that you agree with something somebody has just said, use <strong><em>That\u2019s right, You\u2019re right or I know.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018I think she is a very popular writer.\u2019 \u2018You\u2019re right. Her books are selling like crazy.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018She\u2019s really beautiful, isn\u2019t she?\u2019 \u2018Oh, I know, you can\u2019t take your eyes off her.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018John and Susie are getting married.\u2019 \u2018That\u2019s right. They got engaged last week.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To say that you entirely agree with someone, use <strong><em>Exactly, Absolutely or I couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Horrible weather, isn\u2019t it?\u2019 \u2018Exactly. It\u2019s ridiculously hot.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018I think Susie is the best person for the job.\u2019 \u2018Absolutely. She\u2019s got the right skills.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018They\u2019ve been running that school for several years, but they still don\u2019t have proper accreditation. It\u2019s ridiculous.\u2019 \u2018I couldn\u2019t agree more.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a less formal style, use You can say that again! or You\u2019re telling me!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018These dishonest politicians will ruin our country.\u2019 \u2018You can say that again!\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018You can never rely on the public transport system.\u2019 \u2018You\u2019re telling me! I\u2019ve been waiting for a bus for over half an hour.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In an informal style, use <strong>Why not?<\/strong> to show that you agree with a suggestion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018I think we should throw a party in his honour.\u2019 \u2018Why not? He deserves it.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use <strong><em>I suppose so \/ I guess so<\/em> <\/strong>when you agree with someone, but you are not exactly happy with the situation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018I don\u2019t think that the car is worth fixing. We\u2019ll have to buy a new one.\u2019 \u2018I suppose so, but that\u2019s going to be expensive.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018I don\u2019t think that we should wait for her. She isn\u2019t going to come.\u2019 \u2018I guess so.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson, we will take a look at some of the phrases we can use to show agreement. To show that you agree with something somebody has just said, use That\u2019s right, You\u2019re&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2167,2166,2163],"class_list":["post-73337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking","tag-i-couldnt-agree-more","tag-i-guess-so","tag-why-not"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73338,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73337\/revisions\/73338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}