Listening, speaking and vocabulary: Making our voices heard

Vinsight Verbs + prepositions

1Match sentence halves to make sentences. 

• 1I believe

  2We're going to protest

  3I don't belong

  4My mum insisted

  5You can rely

  6Andy doesn't seem to care

  7We need to focus

  8We decided to set

• ato any political organizations – I prefer to do my own thinking.

  bon Ann – she's always there to help when you need her.

  cabout anyone except himself.

  don the needs of the environment instead of doing whatever we want to.

  ein freedom of speech – we should be able to say anything we want on the internet.

  fon picking me up after the concert – it was really embarrassing!

  gup a campaign to improve school meals.

  hagainst the increase in university fees – they're making studying too expensive.

 

Vinsight Verbs + prepositions

2Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions and your own ideas. 

• 1I believe .

• 2I belong .

• 3I care .

• 4I always insist .

• 5I can always rely .

Asking for and expressing opinions

3Choose the best definition of digital piracy. 

Stealing files from another person's computer and sharing them.Illegally copying and selling music, film and software files.Illegally playing music and films in public places for profit.

Asking for and expressing opinions

4Play the recording and listen to the dialogue between Jerry and Diane. Who is against digital piracy? 

 is against digital piracy.

Asking for and expressing opinions

5Are these lines from the dialogue Opinion, Fact, or Speculation? 

• aMaybe they just don't want to know.OpinionFactSpeculation

• bWell, it could be a problem when people stop making so many films.OpinionFactSpeculation

• cI read that countries with the most illegal downloads now have the fewest new artists.OpinionFactSpeculation

• dI think it's fantastic.OpinionFactSpeculation

• eThere are lots of people working in those industries who don't get paid much.OpinionFactSpeculation

• fI really don't think it's a problem.OpinionFactSpeculation

Asking for and expressing opinions

6Put phrases into the the correct categories. 

MOVE
• If you ask me, it's a good thing.
• What was your view on copying a CD for a friend, then?
• Well, to tell you the truth, that was probably a wrong thing to do, too.
• It's not the file-sharing sites' problem in my opinion.
• I'm not so sure about that!
• Well, as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't do any harm.
• I see what you're saying, but I really don't think it's a problem.
• OK, OK! I take your point!
• What do you reckon?
• I agree with you about that.

Asking for opinions

   

Expressing opinions

       

Reacting to opinions and suggestions

       

Asking for and expressing opinions

7Put the dialogue in the correct order. 

 a I'm not so sure about that. You can cycle really carefully and still get hit by a car that hasn't seen you.

 b To tell you the truth, I don't think it really matters what you wear. If you ask me, I think we need more cycle lanes.

 c I agree with you about that. But until they build more, I'm happy to carry on cycling anyway.

 d In my opinion, cycling is too dangerous in this town.

 e I take your point, drivers aren't good at noticing cyclists. But in my opinion, you're fine if you wear a high visibility jacket.

 f Really? As far as I'm concerned, it's perfectly safe as long as you pay enough attention.

8 CHALLENGE! Look at the words below. Decide which points are for online shopping, and which are against. Then use the points to write a dialogue between two people asking for and expressing opinions about online shopping.  cheaper more convenient leads to shops closing more choice need to be at home when things arrive can't return things easily

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