Asking Opiniogreeing and Disagreeing

Asking Opinion, Agreeing and Disagreeing
( Menanyakan pendapat, Setuju dan Tidak setuju )

1.   a.  You can ask someone’s opinion by saying :

ü  What do you think  about / of ................?

ü  How do you feel about ....................?

ü  What is your opinion about / of ...............?

ü  What are you feelings about............. ?

ü  What are your views on.............. ?

      ( Apa pendapat kamu mengenai..................... )

     b.         Asking about agreement.

ü  Do you agree ?

ü  Don’t you agree ?

ü  Wouldn’t you agree ?

ü  Don’t you think so ?

            ( Apakah kamu setuju.... ? )

2. Agreeing with Someone’s opinion ( setuju dengan pendapat seseorang )

ü  I think so

ü  I suppose  so

            (  Saya kira demikian )

ü  Yes,   That’ s true

ü  That’s right

ü  You’re right

ü  Exactly

ü  Absolutely

            ( Betul sekali )

ü  I agree with you  enterily

ü  I couldn’t agree more

ü  That ‘s what I was thinking

ü  I completely agree.

            ( Saya setuju sepenuhnya )

3. Disagreeing with someone’s oponion ( tidak setuju dengan pendapat seseorang )

ü  I don’t think so

ü  I don’t  agree with you / I disagree with you.

ü  That’s not right.

ü  You can’t mean that

ü  I’m afraid, I can’t agree with you.

ü  You can’t mean that

ü  I’m not sure I agree with you

ü  Surely not

ü  No way / Non sense

            Giving opinion ( Memberikan pendapat )

ü  Personally,  I think.....................

ü  In my opinion........................

ü  What I have in my mind is .....................

            ( Menurut pendapatku .....................)

Assignment :

Exercise 1.

Complete the dialogue with expressions showeing Agreement or Disagreement on the righr place.

   1.      Rangga : I think we should visit at leat four or five different            intersting places, this time.

            Tya          : ............................. .    I don’t think we’ll have enough  time to do    that.

  2.     Gilang    : I propose that every srtudent should contribute Rp 450,000,- for this tour.

           Ola          : ............................  .  I’m sure it’s too much for most of us.

                             I suggest it for Rp 400,000,-

       3.      Dea       : I suggest that we should spend no more than three days           in  Yogjakarta

          Salma       : ..............................  .  That will be enough to visit many         tourism spots in Yogja.

4.   Annisa       : Everyone shouold take some food with them.

       Dicky         : ........................ ...... .  It’s too much trouble.

  

Exercise 2.

Complete the following  dialogue using the expressions showing Agreement (+)/Disagreement (-).  Number one is done as example.

1. A      : Western films on TV are interesting.

         B (-)  : I don’t think so.  Western films on TV aren’t  entertaining

   2.  A       : In my opinion, internet helps us to have better living in the world.

        B  (+) : ...........................................................................

   3.  A      : Celebrities earn more money than clever graduates.

         B ( - ): ...........................................................................

   4.   A      : Television has positive influence for people

         B (+)  : ............................................................................

   5.   A      : All kinds of job can be done by any woman.

         B (-)  : ...........................................................................

Exerfcise 3.

Do you agree or not with the following ststements.

Give your reasons, and discuss in small groups of four.

1. Your school plans to start study at eight a.m and finish study at 4 p.m

2. Your English teacher is going to invite two native speakers from Australia

3. Your parents plan to ask their children to go to bed at seven p.m

4. To finish study at SMK,  a student needs four years long.