How to Connect Ideas Sentences in English Basic English Grammar

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our weekly live stream my name is Alisha

and today we’re going to talk about how

to give your opinion and connect your

ideas in this lesson I’m going to talk

about basic opinion statements I’m going

to talk about ways to support your

opinions and expressions to support your

opinion and we’re going to talk a bit

about connecting expressions how you can

connect your opinion to you’re

supporting argument so we have a lot to

cover today and I hope in today’s lesson

you send lots of examples in the chat so

if you have an opinion great send it in

part one and practice supporting your

opinion in part two I will try to check

live as much as possible and of course

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first thing we’re going to talk about

today is basic opinion statements basic

opinion statements so I’m going to give

you the beginning of the statement and

then I hope you finish the statement in

the chat so send some opinion statement

in the chat with this at the beginning

so we’ll talk about how to use each of

these need to find the video so I can

share it too and then we’ll get going

yeah okay my Internet’s are having

issues I’m having issues okay so let’s

get started with the first expression

the first expression is just simply I

think I think I can’t share the video

today what’s going on the first

expression is the most basic way to

share your opinion with the expression I

think I think so this is just a neutral

way to say your opinion a neutral way to

what you have in your mind I think pizza

is the best food I think this livestream

has lots of interesting information or I

think Germany is a really interesting

country to visit whatever this is the

most neutral way so that means like the

base way to share your opinion to share

your ideas I think something something

so this is the most basic one so you can

send a few examples with this one but

we’re going to get a little more like

advanced or a little bit more specific

with the next expressions so let’s move

on from I think because I think many

people know this expression I think many

people know this expression the second

one I have here is I’m not sure but I’m

not sure but so I’m not sure but

expresses a lack of confidence so that

means I maybe I’m wrong or I might not

have the right information but I think

something so we can follow I’m not sure

but I think something something

something so I’m not sure but I think

the meeting starts at 3:00 or I’m not

sure but I think our boss left the

office today so I’m not sure but it’s

like maybe I’m incorrect maybe I’m

incorrect I’m not sure but I’m not sure

but okay

some examples are coming in with I think

great I think it is the best time to

learn English good I think Alicia is a

good teacher thank you

I think chandran is the prettiest

princess in the world Wow okay

interesting good so I’m pretty I’m sorry

I’m not sure but I’m not sure but so

this but shows that you want to share

your opinion even though your confidence

is kind of low so let’s go to I’m pretty

sure I’m pretty sure this is like the

opposite of I’m not sure but I’m pretty

sure is like you have confidence but not

100% so on this scale here for it for

these expressions these three I’m not

sure but is maybe like fifty percent or

so I’m pretty sure is like maybe 75

percent or so I’m pretty sure so pretty

here doesn’t mean physical appearance

pretty it means

fairly or a little bit sure so I’m

pretty sure something I’m pretty sure

something so for example I’m pretty sure

Barack Obama was the 44th President of

the United States so I’m fairly

confident there’s a high confidence

level there so I’m pretty sure something

so this is a little stronger then I’m

not sure but I’m not sure but okay some

other examples are coming in I’m not

sure but I think she was sleeping from

Lori on Facebook very nice

I’m not sure but I think it might rain

could be okay uh

I’m not sure but at least you did not

take a shower today Alicia did take a

shower today

definitely did take a shower today I’m

not sure I’m pretty sure that there is a

difference between high and high there

I’m not sure what that example means I’m

pretty sure that this lesson maybe is a

good a good way to pass the time could

be okay nice okay there’s some

interesting example sentences let’s

continue to this one I saw a question

about this one I’m almost positive I’m

almost positive almost positive means

I’m almost 100% about this idea like I

think it’s a fact it’s very I’m very

very close to that so I’m almost

positive it’s like 95% from these this

is very very strong not 100% but almost

very very close to 100% sure of

something

so like I’m almost positive Lady Gaga

isn’t married

actually I don’t know do you know I

don’t know is Lady guy she okay she’s

not married that’s does control this

usually talk I don’t know I’m positive

I’m almost positive Lady Gaga is not

married so something we’re very very

close to control that’s his way into

Bradley Cooper yeah that’s funny so I’m

almost positive of something I’m almost

positive of something means I have a

very high level of confidence like

almost 100% sure of

someone says Robson says I’m almost

positive that English is hard to learn

uh yeah I think language in general is

challenging for sure I’m almost positive

that you want to share your cheesecake

that’s a very interesting example

sentence I approve of that I’m almost

positive that I’m going to get a

promotion at my jobs is Andre Wow that’s

good I hope that’s true that’s exciting

I’m almost positive Donald Trump will

lose the next election okay a really

interesting nice one nice one on

Facebook I’m pretty sure you’re an

awesome teacher okay cool I’ll take it

I’ll take it I’m pretty sure I’m going

to get married says me on Facebook I’m

going to get married is the correct

sentence I am almost positive that after

watching your channel

I’ll speak English oh sorry sorry I’ll

speak fluent English very soon nice very

positive Nilesh nice nice nice okay I’m

almost positive the lesson will be nice

great great there’s so many very nice

and very positive example sentences

great excellent okay so let’s move on

then we have these three kind of levels

than of confidence like I’m not sure I’m

pretty sure and I’m almost positive so

let’s change gears let’s kind of move to

a slightly different way to express

opinions with I believe I believe so I

believe and I think are used in the same

way to express like this really neutral

kind of feeling but I believe is more

formal sounding than I think so if

you’re in like a business meeting for

example and you need to share something

share an opinion like I believe this

information is true or I believe we

agreed on that at the last meeting like

I believe regular exercise is important

for your health you can talk about a

personal

like strong beliefs as well so this is

slightly different but this one will

sound more formal than I think and you

can use it for something like a like a

key idea that is important to you so I

believe we should all work together

something like that so that’s like a key

belief for you or in a more formal

situation you can use it to mean I think

I think okay someone says I believe that

I am almost fluent in English says

sabelli nice that’s cool okay uh I

believe uh some people are talking about

this for religion yes you can use

believe for religion if you want to use

believe for religion please use I

believe in I believe in like god or a

goddess or whatever you know whatever is

appropriate for your religion I believe

in something or I believe in an ism I

believe in capitalism or whatever so

believe in we use the preposition in

here so if you want to talk about

religion and faith and so on use in I

believe in something I believe and you

can use I believe in you which means I

have confidence in you I think you can

do this thing I believe in you when you

want to express just an opinion like a

formal opinion though I believe plus

your idea okay let’s go to the last sort

of sentence beginner I don’t think I

don’t think so this is just the negative

of I think yeah the opposite here I

don’t think I don’t think so like

something you think is incorrect you can

use it here I don’t think this data is

correct

for example or I don’t think our live

stream starts at like 3:00 p.m. hmm

I don’t think it’s going to rain today

so something you’d think is not correct

or is not going to happen or was not

correct in the past so some kind of

negative statement we use I don’t think

to express that I don’t think so

although yes it is a negative but that

that doesn’t mean that like you’re

saying no we’re like rejecting someone’s

idea it just means you think something

will not happen or is not correct okay

I don’t think my dog bites says Hugo

bites VI t es vit yes okay I don’t think

that will happen again I don’t think

that will happen again on Facebook I

don’t think that the weather is pleasant

today nice examples okay I don’t think

you are right good okay I don’t think

all aliens are reptilians very

interesting one there on YouTube okay I

don’t think the economy situation the

economic situation will get better a

nice example so I don’t think the

economic situation will get better is

the correct sentence there I don’t think

my girlfriend is always right okay

nicely careful nice good examples on

Facebook I don’t think my friend will

come back tele go I don’t think my

friends will come back mmm I don’t think

we have completed the lessons I don’t

think we have completed the lessons okay

Diego can I say I believe I can fly yes

of course that’s a well-known song okay

oh we have new member hello there

Robson thanks for joining okay so let’s

finish this part with this one and then

I need to move on this took a long time

this first part the expression here is

that can’t be right that can’t be right

this expression means it’s not possible

that your opinion or that that idea is

correct

so here right means correct that can’t

right that can’t be right so something

some information you hear you know it’s

not possible you can respond with that

can’t be right that can’t be right

so for example like like Oh Barack Obama

is President of the United States right

now and I might say huh no that can’t be

right

like I’m positive that Donald Trump is

the President of the United States now

it’s impossible it’s impossible so that

can’t be right

this is this is something we use to

respond and then we share after this

sentence we share the correct

information share the correct

information after this that can’t be

right

this is correct so these are our basic

opinion statements okay that was a lot

to start so we’re going to use these a

little later in the lesson and in part 2

we’re going to talk about supporting

your opinion a few just a few phrases to

support your ideas so let us take a

break let us take a break I showed these

at the beginning of today’s lesson these

are uh oh that’s right we have webcam

today tonight uh I will wait okay

so I’m gonna show these zoomed in over

here these are a few examples of the PDF

the free PDFs that we have that you can

download from the link below the video

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these are just these are the ones I kind

of like to show a lot um I feel like on

the back of each of these is a lot of

useful information this is the school

one but on the back there are phrases

that you can use for class so of course

for today’s lesson we’re focusing on

sharing your opinions and so oftentimes

in classes in the u.s. you need to be

able to share your opinion and connect

your ideas really well so there are some

expressions for doing that here and type

classes as well another key time when

you need to express your opinion and

connect your ideas carefully is in

business situations I know many of you

are studying for work reasons so please

have a look these are phrases for a

business meeting this is a great one

right here you can see what are your

views on this that means what is your

opinion about this topic so check this

out

you can find this from the link below

the video on youtube or above the video

on Facebook they are free check it out

ok let’s go to part 2 for today if

you’re just joining today’s topic is

giving your opinion and connecting your

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alrighty let’s go to part 2 on to part 2

part 2 is supporting your opinion

expressions to use to support your

opinion so over here you shared your

idea you had some concept you wanted to

say so how do you give information to

persuade another person how do you

support your opinion here are some

expressions to do that first is

according to according to that’s the

pronunciation of this word we can follow

according to with any media type for

example according to a newspaper or

according to an article I read or

according to a blog or according to my

friend you can use any source of

information any place and information

comes from you can use that after

according to so you could use your

parents as a source of information

whatever just to support your opinion

whatever is the best way like the most

natural way to support your opinion you

can follow according

according to so like according to the

press conference or according to the

President’s speech according to a blog

post I read yesterday according to this

newspaper article you can follow

anything here it’s gonna be a noun

phrase a noun phrase so some kind of

known phrase will go here okay so this

one is very useful I will say this

sounds a little on the formal side we

use this more in writing and we use it

more informal or polite situation

according to something according to or

something Mazhar on youtube has a good

example according to my teacher I’m an

intelligent boy very nice what is your

website to our website is English class

101.com English class okay on to the

next one this one is more specific I

read I read this is past tense not read

I read an this is a I read an article

about I read an article about topic I

read an article about topic so this is