Inside This Unit: The Full Breakdown
Theme 4 (Science & Technology) adds opinions (と思います), reasons (から/ので), potential, and conditionals.
Why it matters
Opinions and reasons are essential for argumentation.
Key concepts
- Opinion: …と思います; reason: …から/ので.
- Potential form / できる for ability.
- Conditionals: たら/と/ば; obligation: なければなりません.
Opinions and Reasons
State opinions with と思います, give reasons with から/ので, express ability (potential), and use conditionals while discussing science and technology. Soften with でしょう.
AP exam tip
Pair opinion (と思います) with reason (から) and keep register formal in essays.
Connections to other units
- Theme 3: Connective forms extend here.
- Theme 6: Argumentation peaks in global challenges.
