communication skills part _2

Accepting an invitation:

Yes, I'd love to.

Yes, that would be great.

Refusing an invitation

I'm afraid I'm busy on... (day). How about next... (day)?

I'm sorry I can't. I'm... (doing something else).

I'm afraid I can't make it. I'm... (doing something else).

I'd love to, but...

That's very kind of you, but...

Expressing a preference:

I'd much rather... (do) than... (do something else).

I prefer... to...

I'd prefer to... (do).

I think... is much more interesting than...

I don't find... half as interesting as...

I like... better than...

Making recommendations:

You mustn't miss the...

You must go to the...

You've got to... (do)

You'll love the...

I wouldn't recommend the...

You definitely wouldn't enjoy going to the...

Offering something:

Would you like...?

What can I get you?

Help yourself to...

Please have some...

Would you care for some...?

Can I offer you...?

Can I get you a... / anything?

Accepting something that's offered:

Yes, please.

Thank you very much.

That would be very nice.

I'd like some... , please.

Declining something that's offered:

I'm all right/I'm fine, thank you.

No, thanks.

Not this time, thanks.

I'm not sure I could, thank you.

Asking for advice

What do you think I should do?

What would you do (if you were in my situation)?

What would you advise me to do?

Giving advice:

I think you should... (do).

You could... (do).

Why don't you... (do)?

If I were you, I'd... (do).

Have you tried... (doing)?

Asking for permission:

Can I.../May I..., please?

Do you mind if I...?

Mind if I...?

Any chance I could...?

I wonder/I was wondering if I could...

Would it be possible for me to...

Do you have any objection if I...?

Would it bother you if I...?

Giving permission:

Of course.

By all means.

Certainly.

Yes, that's OK/fine.

You're welcome to...

Please feel free to...

Please don't hesitate to...

Sure.

OK.

Go ahead.

Why not?

Refusing permission:

I'm afraid not. I'm sorry it's not possible...

I'm afraid you can't.

I'm afraid that's out of the question.

Agreeing:

I'd probably agree on that.

I think that's probably right.

That's absolutely right.

Sure! That's exactly what I think.

I couldn't agree with you more.

That's what I think.

Disagreeing:

Yes, but...

True, but...

I see what you mean, but...

I suppose so, but...

Yes, but on the other hand...

I'm afraid I disagree / don't agree / can't agree...

I'm not sure if that's strictly true.

You have a point there, but...

Actually, I'm not sure if I agree with that.

Asking what someone thinks:

What do you think?

What do you reckon?

What's your opinion about/of... ?

What's your position on...?

What's your reaction to...?

What's your take on... ?

Do you have any thoughts on... ?

Stating consequences:

As a result, ...

Consequently, ...

Because of this, ...

Due to (cause),...

Expressing two points of view

On the one hand..., on the other hand...

Although I'd..., I certainly wouldn't...

While I might..., I don't think I'd...

Of course I'd..., but I'm not sure if I'd...

There's no doubt that it would..., but there's also a chance it might...

Giving examples:

For example, ...

For instance, ...

One example of this is...

To give you an idea, ...

Look at the case of...

Take, for example, ...

Let' say, ...

Justifying your opinions:

Personally, I (don't) think... because...

Let's (not)... because...

In my opinion, I (don't) feel... because...

I would definitely (not)... because...

It would be better to... as...

I (don't) feel that it's important to... as...

Linking what you're saying:

Anyway, ...

True, but ...

As a matter of fact, ...

... sort of...

Hmm...

... you know...

... believe me...

Ordering / Sequencing:

First of all, ...

To start with, ...

Secondly, ...

Another thing is that...

Alternatively, ...

Last but not least, ...

Persuading:

But don't you agree that...

Yes, but I'm sure you'd agree that...

Don't you think that...

Presenting an opinion

Personally, I think that...

It seems to me that...

From my point of view, ...

In my opinion, ...

Prioritizing:

... would be much more important than...

I don't think... would be nearly as important / urgent as...

... will definitely be the most / least ...

Prioritizing:

... would be much more important than...

I don't think... would be nearly as important / urgent as...

... will definitely be the most / least ...

Speculating:

It's difficult to say exactly but I suppose it could be...

I'm not sure but it might be...

It can't be... because...

It must be... because...

I would guess...

Summarizing:

So what it comes down to is...

The point I'm trying to make is...

Let me just recap what's been said so far.

In short, ...

To sum up, ...

Basically, ...

Overall, it would seem that...