6 Expressing opinion
10.5.5 Find the phrases the writer uses to express his
opinion in the model in Ex. 2. Replace them with other
appropriate ones from the Useful Language box.
7 10.5.5 Use expressions from the Useful Language box to
expand the prompts to express an opinion.
1 parents/be/best friends with their children - In my opinion,
parents should be best friends with their children.
2 better/children/grow up/countryside
3 eye contact/very important/in a conversation
4 everyone/need/a close friend
2) Victor is speaking English now.
3)They were playing chess when I came in.
4) My brother graduated from the Institute in 2004.
5)The students of our group will go to the theatre next Sunday.
6) Nick is watching the
film at this moment.
7) They had done their work before you came in.
8)We have seen him today.
9) My friend will come to me in two days.
10) A French delegation visited our city last August.
11) Hundreds of
young people enter our Institute every year.
2. There are... many flowers on the window-sill.
There is... a magazine and some newspapers on the little table.
Are. ... there any shops near the house? No, there ... aren't any.
There are ... some apple-trees and one plum-tree in the garden.
There are ... one girl and four boys in the classroom.
On the walls there .are .. many pictures.
There arre ... a cow, a pig, and a horse in the field.
There are ... no children there.
Are ... there much snow in the yard? Yes, there .are .. a lot of snow everywhere.
My brother doesn' t (get up) early on Sundays.
I don't (watch) TV in the morning.
They doesn't (spend) much time in the language laboratory.
My friend doesn't (understand) grammar rules well.
My parents often doesn't (pass) the time in the country.
Pete doesn't (take part) in our concert.