Worksheet

Giving Opinion (Subtle and Emphatic, Certainty and Doubt)

1 - Identify the underlined opinions as subtle (SU), emphatic (E), certainty (C) or doubt (D):

a) (D) I don’t know for sure if product quality is more important than its utility.

b) ( ) This is just my opinion, but people don’t need to get married so young.

c) ( ) I’m sure that it’s necessary to build more nuclear power stations.

d) ( ) I don’t know for sure if dogs are better pets than cats.

e) ( ) I guess that maybe aliens are living among us.

f) ( ) I’m entirely convinced that summer is much nicer than winter.

g) ( ) I do believe that sports are an essential part of middle school.

h) ( ) I have no doubt that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

i) ( ) I’m not really sure if cars are better than motorcycles.

j) ( ) In my humble opinion the latest changes to our methodology do more harm than good.

k) ( ) It’s very unlikely that video games are increasing violence in our society.