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(e) Study the following text to enhance your skills in agreeing with others’ opinions
politely.
Agreeing with others’ opinions
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Respecting others’ opinions crucially shows that you value their knowledge
and contributions to the topic. When you respect others, it helps to build good
relationships and encourages them to be positive. It is a way of showing that you
think they are important. It also shows the respect you expect them to reciprocate.
See the following examples of agreeing with others’ opinions.

An opinion Agreeing with an opinion

From my point of view, every Perfect, taxation is one way to address
citizen should pay taxes to the income inequality. Greater contributions
government. from rich people can support those with
low incomes.

Some people claim that paying I agree with them that taxes are an
taxes costs both individuals and expense for both individuals and
businesses. companies, but they also improve the
welfare of their customers.

To me, taxes are necessary to I agree that taxes play a crucial role in
pay for infrastructure and public providing funding for public services
services that benefi t all citizens and infrastructure.

(f) Use the following constructions to express your agreement with others’ opinions.

I agree… I totally agree… I see your point… I see what you are getting at…
Sure, that’s one way of looking at it… I think so, too… I’d go along with

that… That’s a good point… I see exactly what you mean… You’re right,
that’s a good point… I think you’re right… Well, I agree with you here… I
second that… You took the words right out of my mouth…

(g) Study the following dialogue between Rosa and Halima. Then, respond to the
items that follow.

Halima: Hi Rosa, what’s your perspective on whether paper-and-pencil tests
should be abolished in secondary schools?

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