GRADE 9TH A,B, C 2nd PERIOD 2017

 EXPRESSION 
TAKEN FROM: SUGGESTED CURRICULUM STRUCTURE PAG 69

Expressions of contrast and addition

• Compared to…

• In addition to…

• Nevertheless…

• Whereas….

• On the other hand…

• However…

• Despite….

• Moreover…

• Besides…

Expressions to request clarification

• Could you expand a little bit on what you

said about …?

• Could you be more specific about…?

• Something else I’d like to know is…

• If I have understood you correctly, your

point is that…

• I didn’t understand what you said about…

• I’m sorry; could you repeat what you

said about …?

• Sorry, but I’m not quite clear about…

Expressions to make an oral

presentation

• Today, we would like

to present...

• Good afternoon, our purpose

today is…

• My group members are…

and I am…

Expressions to summarize ideas

• On the whole…

• Basically he/she is saying that….

• In this text, the author

argues that….

• To support the main claim, the

author provides evidence

that suggests

• That…