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Phrases for your presentations

greeting

Greet. Introduce yourself and the topic.

overview

Show the presentation structure

logistics

Talk about timing, questions and handouts

beginning

Introduce your first topic

transitions

Sequence your ideas

highlights

Highlight information

details

Explain details.

graphs

Explain your visuals

connecting

Connect to something previously said

summary

Restate and summarize.

reference

Make reference to information

conclusion

Conclude your talk.

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1. Greeting

  • Good morning/afternoon/evening, everyone/everybody and welcome to my presentation. First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today.
  • Welcome to (event)
2. Introducing yourself
  • First, let me introduce myself. I am/My name is .... I am a (job title)... from/at (company/institution).
  • Let me start by saying a few words about my own background.
3. Introducing the topic and the purpose.
  • The topic of my presentation is...
  • Today, I would like to talk to you about...
  • As you can see on the screen, our topic today is......
  • This morning/afternoon I'm going to take a look at...
  • My talk is particularly relevant to those of you who....
  • This talk is designed to act as a....
.

Overview:

  • In my presentation I’ll focus on three major issues.
  • I'm going to focus on/look at/deal with three main points.
  • I've divided my presentation into three main parts
  • This presentation is structured as follows...
  • The subject can be looked at under the following headings...
  • We can break this area down into the following fields...
  • First of all, I'll talk about... Second, I'll look at... Finally, I'll explain/show/tell you about...

Timing:

  • My presentation will take about X minutes.
  • It will take about X minutes to cover these issues.
Questions:
  • If you have any questions, I am happy to answer them.
  • There will be... (time) for questions/a Q&A session at the end of my presentation.
  • I would appreciate it if you could leave any questions you may have until the end of my presentation.
  • If you don’t mind, I'd like to leave questions until the end of my talk.
  • If you have questions during the presentation, feel free to interrupt at any time.
Handouts:
  • I’ll be handing out copies of the slides at the end of my talk.
  • I can email the PowerPoint presentation to anyone who would like it.
  • Don’t worry about taking notes, I’ve put all the relevant statistics on a handout for you

Beginning:

  • So, let's get started
  • Let me start by giving you some background information.
  • Let's start with...
  • My first point concerns...
  • First of all, I’d like to give you an overview of....
  • I would like to begin by telling you/showing you...

Sequencing: Let’s move on to… Turning our attention now to… Next, I’ll focus on.....and then we’ll consider.... Then I’ll go on to highlight what I see as the main points of.... That concludes my second point, let's turn now to Finally, I’d like to address the problem of/raise briefly the issue of......

Highlighting information:

  • I’d like to put the situation into some kind of perspective.
  • I’d like you to think about the significance of this figure here.
  • The significance of this is…
  • This is important because…
  • We have to remember that …

Details:

  • Let me expand on this point.
  • I would like to elaborate on this point.
  • Let me elaborate further.
  • I’d like to discuss in more depth the implications of....
  • I’d like to make more detailed recommendations regarding....

Graphs:

  • As you can see on this chart...
  • Take a look at this diagram...
  • This graph clearly shows...
  • I would like to illustrate this point by showing you a graph...
  • This chart shows you a breakdown of...

Connecting: As I said at the beginning, … This relates to what I was saying earlier… This ties in with what I said at the start of my talk...

Restating:

  • In other words, …
  • To put it simply, …
  • What I mean to say is …
Summarizing:
  • So that brings me to the end of my presentation. We looked at three main points.
  • We spoke about...
  • I explained/showed you...

Reference:

  • Based on our findings, …
  • According to our study, …
  • Our data shows …

Conclusion:

  • I’d just like to finish with the words of a famous scientist/ politician/ author...
  • In conclusion/To conclude, I would like to say that...
  • Before we finish, I would like to leave you with one final thought.
  • Thank you for your attention. Now I am happy to answer any questions you might have.
  • Thanks for listening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgFNTuRYtKE https://www.londonschool.com/blog/30-useful-phrases-presentations-english/ https://www.fluentu.com/blog/business-english/business-english-presentation-phrases/