useful phrases - group discussion

Question 1

ein Bild beschreiben

Answer 1

• My picture/photo shows…
• It was taken in/at…
• In the foreground/background one can see…
• On the right/left there is/are..
• The picture reveals/draws attention to/…
• Its overall message is…

Question 2

die eigene Meinung ausdrücken

Answer 2

• In my opinion, it is ideal/perfect for the purpose because…
• (Personally,) I think…
• The way I see it,…
• To be honest,…
• I guess/suppose…

Question 3

andere nach ihrer Meinung fragen

Answer 3

• What do you think (about…)?
• What’s your view/opinion (on…)?

Question 4

zustimmen

Answer 4

• You’re (absolutely) right.
• I (quite/totally) agree.
• Exactly!/ Absolutely!
• That’s a good point.
• I think so too.
• You may have a point there.

Question 5

widersprechen

Answer 5

• I don’t think so.
• I’m afraid I don’t agree with you.
• I’m not quite sure whether…
• I see your point, but…

Question 6

eine Reihenfolge festlegen

Answer 6

• My first choice would be…
• I like … the best/most because…
• I’d go for…
• … would be my number one/two/three/…

Question 6

Vorschläge machen

Answer 6

• Why don’t we…?
• How about…?
• Maybe we could…
• My idea/suggestion would be to…

Question 7

zu einem Ergebnis kommen

Answer 7

• I suppose it’s time to come to an end…
• So, to summarize/round off our discussion,…
• So, as a conclusion, we can probably agree
• So if I got you right, we agree on…