Unit 4 Review

Inviting/Nominating someone to say something

• I'd be interested in hearing what you think about this

• Am I right in saying that the general opinion is...

• I'm not fully convinced...

• Maybe we're digressing a little

Checking if you have understood something correctly

• I'd be interested in hearing what you think about this

• I am not fully convinced

• Am I right in saying that the general opinion is...

• Maybe we're digressing a little

Stating that you are not persuaded or have doubts about something

• I'd be interested in hearing what you think about this

• Maybe we're digressing a little

• Am I right in saying that the general opinion is...

• I am not fully convinced...

Managing the discussion and the behaviour of the participants

• You're saying that....

• Could you talk us through this?

• If I could just bring the conversation back to the agenda...

• Can I just check - we are now talking about...

Which is NOT "summarizing/ending the discussion?"

• Can I just ask everyone to sup up their views?

• I'd like to draw things to a close

• We seem to have some sort of consensus...

• Could you let them finish, please?

What does the word matter mean in: What's the matter?

"It's no laughing matter" means that it is....

What does matter mean in: that will make matters worse?

What does the phrase "as a matter of fact" mean?

What does the word "matters" mean in the phrase "this matters"