Curso de Inglés Avanzado Lección 7

Positive Agreement
If you agree with someone about an opinion, you can simply say I agree or you're right.

- I think we should leave now.
- I agree / you're right

The words so and too are often used in expressions of positive agreement.
Too usually comes at the end of the sentence, and so at the beginning.

- I'm feeling tired.
- So am I / I am too / me too

For negative agreement, use neither in place of so, and either in place of too.

- I'm not going out tonight
- neither am I / I'm not either

- I don't have enough money to go out
- neither do I / I don't either

- They're Spanish
- so are we / we are too

- My sister doesn’t like paella.
- Neither does my husband. / My husband doesn't either.

Disagreeing

When you want to disagree with someone, you can say I disagree or I don't think so

- I think we should increase our prices by 7%.
- I disagree / I don't think so

Choose a word to make some collocations that are commonly used for agreeing and disagreeing in English.

1. I am in agreement with David’s point about outsourcing design work.
2. I your view that we should increase our advertising budget.
3. Yes, I can your point. I never thought about it in that way before.
4. The government has a unanimous decision on health care reforms.
5. I with your view that we need to invest money in research.

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1. Maybe we should to differ and leave it at that.
2. I’d prefer not to an argument over politics.
3. Some differences of opinion between our sales team and theirs.
4. There was a dispute between the management and the unions over pay last year.
5. My boss and I had a argument over my overtime allowance.
6. There’s a disagreement over who should be club chairperson whenever we have our annual meeting.
7. A of opinion prevented the airport from opening on time.
8. Controversy over the appointment of a 23-year-old managing director.

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Listen and repeat the above collocations (Agreeing and Disagreeing).

Rewrite the following sentences using the word in blue. Keep meaning as close as possible to the first sentence.

1. We are in complete disagreement about the length of the contract.
fundamentally.

2. I partly agree with what you say.
point

3. I think that we should agree that we have different opinions about this, don’t you?
differ

4. China and the US had major disagreements over climate change.
strongly

5. I am in total agreement with you.
entirely

6. I find it difficult to agree with such an idea.
along

7. My wife and I argue intensely about most things.
heated

8. There was no disagreement among the department managers.
unanimous

9. There will sometimes be differences of opinion even between good friends.
exist

10. The court case has been delayed because of the different opinions among the lawyers.
conflict.

Listen and check.

Check your answers.