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In my opinion, …
I think / I'd say …
To be honest, …
neutral / slightly informal
From my point of view, …
If you ask me, …
informal, confident
I completely agree.
That's a good point.
Exactly! / Definitely.
You're absolutely right.
I see what you mean, but …
I'm not sure I agree.
That's true, however …
I'd look at it differently.
How do you spell your surname?
Do you work or are you a student?
What do you like doing in your free time?
Tell me about your hometown.
Sorry, could you repeat that?
Do you mean …?
I'm not sure I follow.
Just to check — you're saying …?
Shall we start with …?
How about …?
That's a good idea, but maybe we could …
So, are we agreed on …?
It all started when …
Suddenly, …
In the end, …
Looking back, …
What's your name? / How do you spell that?
Lesson 1
Where are you from?
What do you do?
Are you married / single?
It's nice to meet you.
I'm in year…
I go to…
At school this term I'm…
I'm really into…
On Saturdays I usually…
I usually travel by…
Lesson 2
The best thing is…
The problem is…
What about you?
I usually message rather than call, because…
Lesson 3
How about we…? — I use that a lot when I'm planning something.
To be honest, I hardly ever…
It depends who I'm writing to.
It takes me about twenty minutes, door to door.
Lesson 4
I usually leave at half past seven.
It costs around ten euros a week.
I try to book in advance because it's cheaper.
It costs around five euros a term.
I try to sign up in advance because places go quickly.
At first I felt…
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Then, unexpectedly,…
After that…
In the end, I was…
It turned out that…
I usually…
The night before, I…
I always… because…
On exam day, I…
I think it's important to…
What time do you usually…?
Lesson 5
How do you get to…?
Do you ever…?
I usually… but sometimes…
That's interesting — I never…
The best trip I've ever been on was…
What I liked most was…
I'd much rather…
How about you?
…is cheaper than…
Lesson 6
…is more convenient because…
In my opinion, the best…
I think…, but you might disagree because…
Oh really? / No way! / That sounds great.
Have you? / Did you? / Are you?
Well, to be honest, … / The thing is, …
I'd say… because…
How about you? / Do you feel the same?
I usually spend a lot on…
Lesson 7
It's cheaper to…
I don't have much time to…
In my opinion, online shopping is…
So, I was… when suddenly…
At that moment, I realised…
You'll never guess what happened next.
In the end, it turned out that…
What were you doing when that happened?
I think… because…
Lesson 8
I'm not sure I agree — I'd say…
For example, …
My strongest paper was…
Review Lab 1
I lost marks because…
Next time I want to…
I found ___ difficult, because…
I'm going to practise…
I prefer… because…
For example, when I…
It depends on…
On the whole, I…
Have you got any brothers or sisters?
Lesson 9
What's he/she like?
He's/She's got…
I get on well with…
We look alike / We don't look alike.
I'd say definitely…
The main reason is…
For example, last term…
So I'd go for…
Have you ever...?
Lesson 10
I've never...
I work full-time / part-time.
My favourite thing about my job is...
In my opinion, salary is/isn't the most important thing.
I have a part-time job at weekends.
My favourite thing about the job is...
In my opinion, pocket money is/isn't the most important thing.
You must...
Lesson 11
You should...
You mustn't...
You don't have to...
Could I...?
If it doesn't arrive, I'll...
Lesson 12
I usually check reviews before I...
If the price is good, I'll...
I prefer shopping online/in shops because...
What will you do if...?
Yes, I do — mainly because…
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Not really, because…
Usually, I…
At the weekend, I…
For example…
On the whole, I'd say…
The main reason is that at school we…
For example, in my Spanish class…
Having said that, …
It really depends on the teacher…
Excuse me, is there a… near here?
Lesson 13
Yes, there is / No, there isn't, but there's a… near…
It's next to / opposite / between…
Go straight on / turn left / turn right.
It's about five minutes on foot.
The text shows that…
Lesson 14
In my experience, …
If it's sunny, I'll...
Lesson 16
If it rains, we could...
My favourite season is... because...
The weather here is usually...
What do you do if it's very cold/hot?
What do you do if it's very cold/hot at school?
For me, it was easier because…
Review Lab 2
I found ___ harder this time…
I felt more confident about…
In my opinion…
As far as I know, …
In the end, it usually…
It really depends on…
Can I help you?
Lesson 17
How much is this / are these?
Could I have…, please?
Do you have it in a different size/colour?
That's fine, thanks.
I usually/often/rarely...
Lesson 18
I really enjoy...
I'd like to...
I'm into...
What do you fancy doing?
I think we should...
Lesson 19
We have to... by...
..., so we could...
..., but we might need to...
First..., then...
This photo shows...
Lesson 20
In the foreground/background...
It looks as if...
They seem to be...
I think this might be...
You should…
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You must…
I've never…
Have you ever…?
If it rains/is sunny, …
On the whole, I'd say school trips…
For example, last time our class visited…
It really depends on the kind of trip.
Having said that, a screen can't replace…
What strikes me most is…
What do you usually do…?
Lesson 21
How often do you…?
What are you doing this week/weekend?
I usually… but this week I'm…
That's interesting — I hardly ever…
For example, at lunch…
So my idea is…
As a result of this...
Lesson 22
However, on the other hand...
This meant that...
Despite this...
For this reason...
My strategy is to...
Lesson 23
I always check...
One thing that helps me is...
I used to..., but now I...
First, we could say...
Lesson 24
Then... / After that... / Suddenly...
In the end...
Let's use past tense here
What can you see in the picture?
Review Lab 3
I think… what about you?
Do you agree with me?
What do you think about…?
I quite like that one, but…
On top of that, it saves time.
Having said that, it's not always necessary.
So shall we go for…?
There's a … in the …
Lesson 25
There are a lot of … near my home.
There isn't any … yet.
Is there a … in your flat?
What's your favourite room?
I do my homework at…
I take six lessons a day.
I'd say I pay attention in…
I can see...
Lesson 26
There is/are...
In the middle/on the left/on the right...
It looks like...
Sorry, I mean...
I was going to… but actually…
Lesson 27
In the end, I…
On second thoughts…
It turns out that…
Would you mind…?
Lesson 28
Shall I…?
Would you like me to…?
That would be great, thanks.
I'm afraid…
This is…
Review Lab 4
That's…
It's next to…
It's convenient because…
However…
So…
On top of that, it's cheap.
Having said that, it's not for everyone.
I think since…
Lesson 29
I've believed for years that…
Although…
On the other hand…
On Saturday I…
After that we…
Although it was raining…
While I was waiting…
In spite of…
Lesson 30
As well as…
Even though…
As long as…
I usually go there…
Lesson 31
Last time I went…
The queue was…
I had to wait…
The worst thing that happened was…
Lesson 32
In the end…
How did you feel?
What did you do?
Luckily…
I used to make this mistake…
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I fixed it by…
It happened because…
Now I always check…
It really helped when…
That's a good point, and I'd add…
I see what you mean, but…
Shall we go with…?
On balance, I think…
Let's agree on…
The best weekend I had was…
Lesson 33
First we…, then we…
I really enjoyed it because…
You'd probably enjoy…
It's not perfect, but…
I'd say it's worth a try.
Hmm, maybe — what's it about?
I felt quite anxious about…
Lesson 34
To be honest, I was reluctant to…
In the end, I was relieved/delighted because…
I suppose it turned out better than expected.
Looking back, I feel differently now because…
You'll never believe what happened...
Lesson 35
Suddenly, / Just then, / Without warning,...
In the end, / Eventually,...
I nearly gave up, but then...
I couldn't believe it when...
although / however…
Lesson 36
My weakest paper was…
Review Lab 5
I'm going to focus on…
By the exam, I'll…
I'll review my progress on…
I feel confident about…
On balance, I'd say…
The main reason is that…
I usually eat…
Lesson 37
My favourite food is…
I like eating out at…
I ran out of time on…
Lesson 38
Next time I'll try…
One thing that helped me was…
I always double-check…
I'm sorry, but…
Lesson 39
The reason is…
Can we…
So, can you…
That covers all three points.
In the photo I can see…
Lesson 40
That's interesting — I'd also say…
In the long run, what matters is…
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To be honest, though…
For example, in my case at school…
In the end, it's about…