English Phrases

Useful Phrases for Presentations in English
INTRODUCTION:
A. Welcoming and greeting the audience
 Hello, everyone. I'd like, first of all, to thank the organizers of this meeting for inviting
me here today.
 Good morning everyone and welcome to my presentation. First of all, let me thank
you all for coming here today.
 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to
address such a distinguished audience.
 Hallo/Hi everyone. Good morning/afternoon/evening.
B. Introducing yourself (name, position, and responsibilities)
 Let me introduce myself. I’m ...
 Let me start by saying just a few words about my own background. I’m a PhD student
of ….
 For those of you who don’t know me already, my name’s ... and I’m responsible for...
C. Saying what your topic/title/subject is
 What I’d like to present to you today is...
 My presentation today is about ….
 As you can see on the screen, our topic today is...
 The subject/focus/topic/title of my presentation/talk/speech is...
 I’m here today to present..
D. Presenting the outline/organization/structure of your presentation
 I’ve divided my presentation into three main parts.
 In my presentation I’ll focus on three major issues.
 We thought it would be useful to divide our talk into three main sections.
 We can break this area down into the following fields:...
 The subject can be looked at under the following headings:...
 We have organized this talk in the following way:...
 This presentation is structured as follows:...
 My talk will be in two (three, four) parts: First,…after that,… then,… finally,…
MAIN BODY:
A. Beginning the main body
 Now let’s move to / turn to the first part of my talk which is about…
 So, first of all, I’d like to give you an overview of …..
 To begin with…
 I would like to begin by looking at …
B. Ending parts within the main body (sections)
 That completes/concludes…
 This brings me to the end of my first point.
 So much for point two.
 So, that’s the background on...
 That’s all I wanted to say about...
C. Beginning a new part
 Let’s move to (the next part which is)…
 So now we come to the next point, which is…
 Now I want to describe…
 Let’s turn to the next issue…
 So, we’ve looked at… and now I’d like to move on to ….
 This leads directly to my next point
 Let’s now take a look at...
 Okay, let me now turn to the issue of...
D. Listing and Sequencing
If in your English presentation, you need to talk about goals, challenges, and strategies, listing
phrases can help link these together and improve the flow of your speech. If you have to
explain processes, sequencing phrases are helpful:
Listing
 There are three things to consider. First… Second… Third…
 There are two kinds of… The first is… The second is…
 We can see four advantages and two disadvantages. First, advantages…
 One is… Another is… A third advantage is… Finally…
Sequencing
 There are (four) different stages to the process.
 First / then / next / after that / then (x) / after x there’s y.
 There are two steps involved. The first step is… The second step is…
 There are four stages to the project.
 At the beginning / later / then / finally…
 I’ll describe the development of the idea. First the background, then the present
situation, and then the prospect for the future.
E. Describing Visuals
Introducing a visual
 Let’s now look at the next slide which shows...
 Now, let’s look at/let’s have a look at/take a look at/I’d like you to look at...
 To illustrate this, let’s have a closer look at...
 The chart on the following slide shows...
 The problem is illustrated in the next bar chart...
 As you can see here, ...
Explaining a visual
 First, let me quickly explain the graph.
 As the graph/table shows/indicates....
 I’d like us to focus our attention on the significance of this figure here.
 From Table 1 we can see/conclude/show/estimate/calculate/infer that...
 The chart compares...
 You can see here the development over the past five years.
Highlighting information
 I’d like to stress/highlight/emphasize the following points.
 I’d also like to draw your attention to the upper half of the chart.
 If you look at it more closely, you’ll notice there are several surprising developments.
 I’d like to point out one or two interesting details.
 I’d like you to think about the significance of this figure here.
 I’d like to focus your attention on the underlying trend here.
 The interesting/significant/important thing about.... is....
Saying numbers
 500 five hundred
 1,500 one thousand five hundred
 350,421 three hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred and twenty-one
 211,050,780 two hundred and eleven million, fifty thousand, seven hundred and
eighty
 10.6 ten point six
 8.735 eight point seven three five
 0.009 zero point oh oh nine
 -5ºC five degrees below zero Celsius
 ½ one-half; a half
 2/3 two-thirds
 7/8 seven-eighths
 km/h kilometers per hour
CONCLUSION
A. Indicating the end of your presentation
 I’m now approaching/nearing the end of my presentation.
 Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation/talk.
 That covers just about everything I wanted to say about...
 As a final point, I’d like to...
 Finally, I’d like to highlight one key issue.
 That completes my presentation.
 That brings me to the end of my presentation
 Well, I’ve covered the points that I needed to present today.

B. Summarizing points
 To conclude/In conclusion, I’d like to...
 In short/In a word/In a nutshell/In brief/To sum up/To summarize, it is
generally/widely accepted/argued/ held/believed that...
 Therefore/Thus/On this basis/Given this, it can be concluded/deduced/inferred that...
 From the table/figures/data/results/information, it can be
seen/concluded/shown/estimated/calculated that...
 Let me sum up. Firstly, …, secondly, …, and finally ….
 At this stage, I’d like to go over the main points of this morning’s presentation I’d like
to briefly summarize the main issues
 So, as we’ve seen in the presentation today…
 I’d like to end by emphasizing the main points.

 I’d like to end with a summary of the main points.
C. Making recommendations
 We’d suggest...
 We therefore strongly recommend that...
 In my opinion, we should...
 Based on the figures we have, I’m quite certain that...
D. Closing
 Thank you for your attention.
 Before I stop/finish, let me just say...
 Thank you for listening. I hope you will have gained an insight into...
 Unless anyone has anything else to add, I think that’s it. Thanks for coming.
E. Inviting questions
 Are there any questions?
 If you have any questions, I’d be pleased to answer them.
 We just have time for a few questions. And now I’ll be happy to answer any questions
you may have.
 Now we have (half an hour) for questions and discussion.
 So, now I’d be very interested to hear your comments and questions.
F. Thanking the Audience
 I’d like to thank you for taking time out to listen to my presentation.
 Thank you for listening / your attention.
 Many thanks for coming.

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 Well, I’ve covered the points that I needed to present today.

 I’d like to end by emphasizing the main points.

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