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BUSINESS ENGLISH

PRESENTATIONS
Useful Phrases
   Presentation Vocabulary                                                                                                            
Presentation Basics

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

 ►Questions    • Now I'd like to invite any questions you may


have.
   • Do you have any questions?
     

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