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PRESENTATIONS
Useful Phrases
Presentation Vocabulary
Presentation Basics
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Preparation is essential for an effective presentation.
When giving a presentation, certain keywords are used to signpost
the different stages.
It's a good idea to memorize them and practise using them, so that they
come to mind easily during a presentation.
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►Starting the presentation |
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Good morning/good afternoon
ladies and gentlemen
•The
topic
of my presentation today is ...
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What I'm going to talk about today is ... |
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| ►Why
you are giving this presentation |
•The
purpose of this presentation is ...
•This
is important because ...
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My objective is to ... |
| ►Stating
the main points |
•The
main points I will be talking about are
firstly ...
secondly...
next, finally... we're going to look at ... |
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►Introducing
the first point |
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Let's start/begin with ... |
| ►Showing
graphics, transparencies, slides etc. |
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I'd like to illustrate this by showing you... |
| ►Moving
on to the next point |
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Now let's move on to ... |
| ►Giving
more details |
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I'd like to expand on
this aspect/problem/point
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Let me elaborate on that
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Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that? |
| ►Changing
to a different topic |
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I'd like to turn to something completely different |
| ►Referring
to something which is off the topic |
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I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that ... |
| ►Referring
back to an earlier point |
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Let me go back to what I said earlier about ... |
| ►Summarizing
or repeating the main points |
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I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation
- first I covered
- then we talked about
- finally we looked at
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I'd now like to sum up the main points which were: |
| ►Conclusion |
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I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to/ quoting
...
• In conclusion, let me... leave you with this
thought/invite you to |
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►Questions |
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Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions.
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Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have.
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Do you have any questions? |
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