In the Speaking part of the international English exam the examiner will be checking your fluency (how easily you express and connect ideas, the speed that you talk at and whether you pause in the correct places), and your coherence (how well organized your sentences are, and if you accurately use a wide range of grammar and vocabulary).

Introducing Your Opinion/Speculating:

It seems to me that ...

It looks as if

It appears

In all likelihood

It's also possible that...

I'd suggest

I'd say...

I reckon that

Perhaps,...

It might/may/could be...

Presumably...

Probably....

It may be the case that...

I get the impression...

I imagine...

I suppose...

Judging by the fact that...

Personally, I think...

As far as I'm concerned...

In my opinion...

I've always thought that...

In my view...

My point of view is that...

To my mind...

If you ask me...

I believe that...

In fact,...

The thing is,...

Actually,...

The point I'm trying to make is...

On the whole...

The problem is...

I really think...

To be honest,...

Basically,...

I know for a fact that...

If you ask me...

It might/could be...

It seems to be...

I'm fairly sure...

Apparently,...

It looks as if/though

Frankly,...

As I see it...

To be quite honest...

To tell you the truth...

 

Giving yourself time to think:

Well, let me see... I would say that...

Let me think about that for a moment...

I'll have to think about that. I would say that...

That's a good question. I would say that...

MM, that's an interesting question. Let me see...

That's a difficult/interesting question. Let me think about it for a moment...

What do you think? I would say that...

What would I do in that situation? If it was up to me, I would...

Can I think about that for a moment?

How can I put this?

 

Summing up

On the whole...

All in all,...

To sum up...

Ultimately,...

By and large,...

Admittedly...

Then again...

To conclude...

Linking devices part 2