Useful expressions for discussions

Gaining the floor

[raise hand and wait to be recognized.]

If I could just jump in here.

Let me jump in here for a minute.

Giving an opinion

In my opinion . . .

I personally think . . .

I think . . .

I believe . . .

As I see it  . . .

Asking questions

Could you go over that again?

Would you mind repeating that?

I’m not sure I’m following you.

Could you give us an example?

Could you explain more about ________?

Explaining/repeating

Let me put it another way.

What I meant was . . .

Let me rephrase that.

Let me give you an example.

Disagreeing

I can’t go along with that idea.

I don’t see it that way.

What you’ve said isn’t accurate because . . .

Yes, but on the other hand . . .

Do you really believe . . . ?

I agree with ______, but . . .

On the other hand . . .

Giving examples

For example . . . .

For instance . . .

To illustrate my point . . .

I’d like to add that . . .

Not to mention the fact that . . .

Changing the subject

I’d like to turn to . . .

To get back to the question of . . .