Phrases for Presentations
Signalling the start
Introducing people
Setting the scene
*Right, ladies and gentlemen...
*So...
*Good…
*O.K…
*Right then ...
*Right...
*For those of you who don't know
him, I'd like to introduce you to R.H....
*May I introduce…
*Let me introduce…
*This is...
*To put it briefly…
* In a sentence...
*To put it simply...
*In a nutshell...
Expressing purpose
Sequencing and listing
Introducing topics
*I'm here today to report our
*Firstly...or…to start with...
*Secondly, I want to analyse
findings and to present a series of
options...
*secondly ...or…after this...
*thirdly…or…next
*finally…or…then
the current business situation.
*Thirdly I'm going to present
the options..
*My purpose today is...
*What I want to do today is...
*My objective today is....
*My main aim this morning is...
*I'd like to …review…
*I want to …discuss…
*I'm going to …analyse…
*I shall be.. considering...
this year's performance
To consider the present problem.
Introducing evidence
Linking cause and effect
Directing attention
*I'd like to look at this graph.
*If you look at... [you will see]
*Let's have a look at...
*Let me show you...
this diagram.
*Its success ... was the result of...
was due to...
was brought about by...
was caused by…
resulted from…
... its invention of…
*You will note that although
sales picked up
*As you can see
*As you see...
*You will see immediately that..
…profits have fallen.
Contrasting circumstances
Describing markets
Describing markets
*Even though...
*Though...
*In spite of the fact that...
... our market share fell,
our turnover increased.
*to go into…
*to enter…
*to penetrate…
*to win a share of ...
*to take a slice of ...
*Our share…
…increased
…expanded
…grew
…fell
…contracted...
…shrank...
*to pull out of
*to withdraw from…
*to come out of..
Forecasting
Moving on and looking back
Referring
*We anticipate
*We forecast … a fall in inflation
*We predict…
*We expect that...
*Let's now move on to..
*This brings me to...
*I now want to go on to...
*Let's look back for a moment at...
*With reference to...
*From the point of view of..
*In terms of..
*As far as sales are concerned
*With regard to...
Expressing opinions
Digressing
Getting to the point
*We don't think
*We believe...
*I would say that…
*It is our view that…
*It seems to us that…
*We feel that...
*Let me digress for a moment
*Let me get back to my main point
*I'd just like to mention...
*What I'm getting at is that
*Let me come to the point
*The crux of the matter is...
*My thesis is that...
Using rhetorical questions
Disagreeing
Presenting targets
*The obvious question is, can we
reconcile two apparently conflicting
aims?
*It is a question of whether...
*Where did we go wrong?
*I'm afraid we disagree
*Unfortunately...
*We have some reservations
*We see your point but...
*It's absolutely essential that we
*Our major long-term target is...
*The main target/objective/aim is
*Our first priority should be to...
*It is vital that we...
*Who was responsible?
Developing the argument
Presenting calculations
Eliminating alternatives
*Therefore
*Furthermore/in addition
*On the other hand/however/but
*Our figures show...
* Our sums show that...
*We calculate that...
*Our estimates show that...
*We rule out...
*We have decided against
*We reject...
Ending the presentation
Concluding
Closing
*To sum up then...
*Let me now sum up...
*To summarise my main points
*To recapitulate, then...
*Let me just recap...
*Let me end by saying...
*I'd like to finish by emphasising...
*In conclusion I'd like to say
*Finally, may I say...
*You certainly have many q.
*Thank you. You no doubt
have many questions.
I shall do my best to answer
them