Task A
To greet A very good morning to my examiners and friends
To state situation/task given According to the situation given...
To introduce a point of view In my opinion/I believe that...
To introduce the first point First of all, I propose...
To signal a main point My main point is...
To illustrate a point Therefore/this means that/this is because...
To provide an example For instance/take for example
To start a new point Next, I would like to highlight/another point that I would like to emphasize...
To refer to what you have said As I have said earlier/I have pointed out earlier that...
To signal cause and effect As a result/as a consequence...
To signal that you are about to move on to a possible solution What should we do?
To signal that you are drawing a conclusion from what has been said earlier Thus/hence/as a result...
To conclude In a nutshell/let me conclude by saying that...
Task B
To start a discussion We are here to discuss...
To ask for an opinion What is your opinion?/do you agree that...
To give an opinion/state point of view I think/I believe/I must say...
To express strong agreement Exactly! I couldn't agree with you more/you have hit the nail on the head
To express agreement I agree with you/you are right/that is true/I see your point
To express partial agreement I agree to a certain extent,but...
To express strong diasgreement I disagree completely/that is absolutely untrue
To express disagreement I disagree/I beg to differ/I don't think so
To signal a contrasting idea However/in contrast/on the other hand
To make a strong suggestion We must/the only solution to this problem is...
To make a suggestion I would suggest that/I would like to propose that...
To ask for a suggestion What do you think?/what is your opinion?
To present solutions One possibility is/one way is to...
To contrast and justify choices XX sound good but YY is better because...
To accept ideas/opinions/suggestions That sounds great!/that's fine with me
To reject ideas/opinions/suggestions I appreciate your point but/I do see your point but...
To ask for clarification What do you mean by/may I know why...
To give clarification What I meant was/let me explain how...
To persuade Don't you think/maybe you should consider
To interrupt Excuse me, can you please clarify that?/allow me to interrupt...
To summarize main points In short/to sum up...
To conclude As a conclusion/in a nutshell...
To state a group decision We all agree that/our decision is that...
To end the discussion If you have nothing more to add, we shall stop here
To close a discussion Thank you for your contributions to this discussion
Source: Ace Ahead Text MUET 8th edition
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