How to express your opinions in English?

Expressing opinions means telling people what you think or how you feel about something.

1. Asking for opinions in English

Giving and expressing opinions in English - PDF
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1.1 Formal phrases

1. What’s your opinion on...?
2. What’s your stance on...?
3. How would you approach...?
4. Do you have any suggestions regarding...?
5. Could you give me your perspective on...?
6. I’d like to know your view on...?
7. In your opinion, what should we do about...?
8. What’s your position on...?
9. How do you interpret...?
10. What are your impressions of...?
11. Do you have any input on...?
12. How do you weigh in on...?
13. What would be your advice on...?

1.2 Neutral phrases

1. What do you think about...?
2. How do you feel about...?
3. What are your thoughts on...?
4. How do you see...?
5. Do you agree with...?
6. Would you agree that...?
7. What do you make of...?
8. How does that sound to you?
9. Would you go for that?

1.3 Informal

1. What’s your take on...?
2. What do you reckon about...?
3. Can I have your two cents on...?
4. What’s your vibe on this?
5. How do you see it playing out?
6. Got any thoughts on this?
7. Any gut feeling about...?
8. What would you go with?
9. What pops into your head when you hear...?

1.2. Expressing your personal opinions in English

1.2.1 Formal phrases

1. In my opinion,...
2. I believe that...
3. I’m convinced that...
4. It’s my understanding that...
5. My point of view is that...
6. In my view,...
7. From my perspective,...
8. I’d argue that...
9. I’d like to point out that...
10. Based on my experience,...
11. As far as I’m concerned,...
12. I consider...
13. To my mind,...
14. I would say that...
15. I tend to lean towards the opinion that...
16. I am inclined to believe that...
17. It is my considered opinion that...
18. I hold the view that...
19. There is a strong case to be made for...
20. From a logical standpoint, it seems that...

1.2.2 General-purpose phrases

1. I think that...
2. It seems to me that...
3. Personally, I feel that...
4. The way I see it,...
5. If you ask me,...
6. I believe this is the case because...
7. I suppose you could say that...
8. I’d say that...
9. From what I can tell,...
10. In my experience,...
11. I tend to lean towards the opinion that...
12. My impression is that...
13. I am of the view that...
14. There appears to be some truth in the idea that...
15. It could be argued that...

1.2.3 Informal expressions

1. I reckon...
2. To be honest,...
3. Honestly, I think...
4. I feel like...
5. For me,...
6. I’m not gonna lie, I think...
7. I guess...
8. If you ask me, I’d say...
9. To me, it feels like...
10. My gut tells me...
11. I kinda feel like...
12. It’s just my take, but I think...
13. Not sure if this makes sense, but...
14. If I had to guess, I’d say...
15. I’m leaning towards thinking that...