English 101 Series: 101 Conversation Phrases
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This book is designed for people who are learning English as a foreign language and wish to improve their use of English conversation phrases. This set of conversation phrases contains many similar entries to the 101 connectives book in the ‘English 101’ series.
This book contains 101 conversation phrases that are frequently used in English, arranged alphabetically. Each conversation phrase is provided with two examples of its use. The examples are provided as answers to questions from the IELTS test, but the book can be used by any teenage or adult learner who is at intermediate level. At the end of the book, there are 12 longer model answers to IELTS part 2 style questions, each containing 8 or 9 conversation phrases.
Mark Griffiths
I have been teaching English as a foreign language since 1990, mainly in the Czech Republic and China. I have written several books on IELTS that have been published in China, selling over 200,000 copies. My work has also been used to create various apps which have been downloaded tens of thousands of times. The books that I will be publishing on Smashwords are updates of my published works, modified for the international market. The majority of books will be in the 'English 101 Series' which has proven so popular in China. The cover photographs on the Smashwords editions are all by the author.
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English 101 Series - Mark Griffiths
English 101 Series: 101 conversation phrases
Mark Griffiths
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2008 Mark Griffiths
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Table of Contents
Preface
1. Actually
2. All in all
3. Alternatively
4. Although
5. As a rule
6. As soon as
7. Bearing in mind
8. Because of that
9. Believe it or not
10. Besides that
11. But then again
12. By and large
13. By the time
14. By the way
15. Can I add here that
16. Considering
17. Does this mean …?
18. Don’t forget that
19. Don’t misunderstand me
20. Even so
21. Eventually
22. Evidently
23. Finally
24. Frankly, I doubt if
25. Funnily enough
26. Guess what!
27. Have you heard …?
28. I can’t decide
29. I certainly would
30. I don’t particularly like
31. I don’t see how
32. I might consider it
33. I personally feel
34. I suspect that
35. I’d rather
36. I’d say
37. I’m convinced that
38. I’m fairly certain that
39. I’m not keen on
40. I’ve heard that
41. If I ever
42. If I had my way
43. In a situation like this
44. In my case
45. In my experience
46. In the long run
47. It goes without saying that
48. It is necessary to take into account
49. It looks like
50. It may sound strange, but
51. It’s safe to assume that
52. Just a small point
53. Let’s be realistic
54. Let’s face it
55. Let’s get this straight
56. Let’s put it this way
57. Never in a million years
58. Not everyone will agree with me, but
59. Oh, I almost forgot
60. On the whole
61. On top of that
62. One difference is that
63. One way would be to
64. Perhaps [he/she/it/they/we/I/you] could
65. Perhaps I should mention that
66. Perhaps it’s because
67. Probably not
68. Remember to
69. Taking into consideration
70. That reminds me
71. That would be great, except
72. That’s the reason why
73. The (dis)advantages are clear
74. The best way I can answer that is
75. The catch is
76. The main reason is
77. The most important thing is
78. The only thing is
79. The point is
80. The problem (trouble) is
81. The real question is
82. The surprising thing is
83. There are exceptions, of course
84. They say
85. This raises the problem of
86. To be honest
87. To cut a long story short
88. To give you an idea
89. To some extent
90. To tell you the truth
91. Unless
92. We take it for granted that
93. What I mean is (What I meant was)
94. What I’m more concerned with
95. What I’m saying is
96. What I’m worried about is
97. Whenever
98. Who knows
99. With regard to
100. Without a doubt
101. You’ve probably heard that
Model answers
About the author
Preface
This book is designed for people who are learning English as a foreign language and wish to improve their use of English conversation phrases. This set of conversation phrases contains many similar entries to the 101 connectives book in the ‘English 101’ series.
This book contains 101 conversation phrases that are frequently used in English, arranged alphabetically. Each conversation phrase is provided with two examples of its use. The examples are provided as answers to questions from the IELTS test, but the book can be used by any teenage or adult learner who is at intermediate level. At the end of the book, there are 12 longer model answers to IELTS part 2 style questions, each containing 8 or 9 conversation phrases.
1. Actually
Use: Providing correct information
Example: Would you prefer to live I another place, since our hometown is so polluted?
Actually, no, I wouldn’t. What I would like is to persuade the local government to improve the situation so that people would stay rather than moving to less polluted towns.
Example: In your country, do children often learn practical skills from their parents?
Actually, I think it depends on whether they live in cities or in the countryside. Children in the countryside learn many practical skills from their parents, but those in the cities don’t.
2. All in all