Explain an opinion with reasons and examples
Move beyond a simple like or dislike by connecting a position, a reason, an example, and an open question.
Apply every step in your target language. Choose words and expressions you have already learned or confirm them with a trusted source or language partner.
GUIDED PRACTICE
Understand, learn, and make it yours
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
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Understand and learn
4 minChoose a low-pressure topic you genuinely care about. Prepare your main view, two different reasons, one concrete example, and a question that welcomes another perspective.
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Notice, try, and speak
8 minGive a 60-second answer using one reason and one example. Repeat it with the second reason, then practise softening the claim so it sounds like a perspective rather than an unquestionable fact.
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Make it yours
5 minExchange views with a partner. Summarise one part of their position before adding your own response, and ask a follow-up that explores the reason behind their view.
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Prepare to use it
3 minNotice whether your reasons were distinct and whether your question created space for the other person. Save one useful linking expression for your next discussion.
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Practice with a real person
Explain an opinion with reasons and examples
Exchange views with a partner. Summarise one part of their position before adding your own response, and ask a follow-up that explores the reason behind their view.
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