{"id":8,"date":"2014-04-03T05:16:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T05:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2014-04-03T05:23:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T05:23:21","slug":"expressing-opinions-chatting-to-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/expressing-opinions-chatting-to-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing opinions | chatting to people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To express your opinion of something, use I think\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I think she is right.<\/li>\n<li>I think we are making a mistake.<\/li>\n<li>I think it is too late to begin a new lesson now.<\/li>\n<li>I think we should give him a chance.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0I think it is a smart idea.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0I think I have got the answer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do not think something is true, use I don\u2019t think\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t think that she took the money.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think that we should wait for him.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think she is telling the truth.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think he is coming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p>The conjunction <strong>that<\/strong> can be dropped after I don\u2019t think.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t think that she knows the answer. = I don\u2019t think she knows the answer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To ask people if they think something is good or bad, use <strong>What do you think of\u2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think of my new hair style?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of Maya\u2019s new boyfriend?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of the new manager?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of my idea?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of her latest novel?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use <strong>What do you think about\u2026?<\/strong> to ask somebody if they think something is a good idea.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think about hosting the party in the garden? (= Do you think that it is a good idea?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think about inviting Ismail to our party?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think about painting the walls green?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think about moving to a bigger house?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To agree with someone\u2019s opinion, use <strong>I agree.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I agree with you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018That was the worst film I saw this year.\u2019 \u2018I entirely agree with you. It was a complete waste of time.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sentence \u2018You\u2019re right.\u2019 is also possible here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018I don\u2019t think we should wait for him. He isn\u2019t going to come.\u2019 \u2018You\u2019re right.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To say that you do not agree with someone, use I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Jane is a strong contender. She will win.\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t think so.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Amala is very nice, isn\u2019t she?\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t think so. She always ignores me.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To express your opinion of something, use I think\u2026 I think she is right. I think we are making a mistake. I think it is too late to begin a new lesson now. I&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking","tag-english-speaking-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}