OPINION MARKERS

Exercise 1. Decide which discourse opinion markers from the box go best with each sentence. You can use the sentences more than once.

Miraculously, mysteriously, characteristically, typically, ironically, funnily enough, curiously enough, strangely enough, Fortunately, mercifully, luckily, naturally

a) that’s exactly what I was thinking

b) the door opened but no-one was there

c) she was terribly generous

d) everything turned out all right in the end

e) the old lady survived the delicate operation

f) he met her through a dating agency

g) there was no difficulty in finding parking space this early in the morning.

Exercise 2.

A: Make the use of discourse markers from the box to rewrite the following sentences, keeping the meaning similar. Translate into Russian.

officially, in theory, in practice, apparently, ostensibly, supposedly, actually, really, rightly or wrongly, nominally, theoretically, inexplicably, at a rough estimate, as a rule, for the most part, all in all

Example: I decided to go ahead even if it didn’t sound right. à Rightly or wrongly, I decided to go ahead.

1. __________, the exchange rate is much lower than it is unofficially.

2. It’s __________possible to cure a patient by using this form of treatment, but ________a cure hasn’t yet been achieved.

3. She’s ____________ doing it for the sake of others, but in my opinion, she’s _________interested only in herself.

4. ___________she is in charge of the project, but Jack does all the work.

5. I should imagine that there are about 70 students left.

6. I have the feeling, __________, that I shall regret my decision.

7. They usually come to classes every day.

8. A large number of 3d years enjoy doing Grammar.

9. If we take everything into consideration, they are very willing.

10. Madelana thought she was about to burst into tears, though there seems to be no reason for it.

11. They were madly in love, wildly happy, and they didn’t seem to regret a thing.

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A: Make out a proper linking device and consider the ways of translating the sentences into Russian.	\|	B: Rewrite the following, using an opinion marker.

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