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Let’s get some practice!

Please fill in the blank by choosing the correct word we have learned above.

a. Our ______ in God gives us strength to go through difficult times.
b. She always comes up with very good _____ when we think we cannot come up with any
solutions anymore.
c. The students’ ____ of assignments usually depends on their characters.
d. We will not sell the house we grew up in. Our ______ on the place is so strong.
e. From teachers’ __________, short semester classes are quite sufficient to cater to students’
need to upgrade their grades.
f. His _________ of the issue is that this is more a humanitarian crisis than a religious conflict.
g. The principal decided to ban food sellers around the school after having much _______

5 Take these to the island!

How to Speak at Length

To help talking lengthily while giving opinion, we can add some examples and a
conclusion.

The expressions used to add examples are: to illustrate this point, one case point is, take … for instance/
for example. Meanwhile, to conclude, we can use expressions such as all in all, overall, the bottom line
is, to sum up, and in a nutshell.

Look at an example of two different opinions.

Person A thinks that cheating on Person B’s opinion: Personally, I hear what you’re saying,
an exam is alright and the but I see it differently. It’s not alright because such a thing
reasons are: is unethical, even though it is common among students.

It’s common Moreover, it is unfair for other students who study hard.
It doesn’t harm anybody
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