Giving a PRESENTATION

Giving a PRESENTATION

Structure, vocabulary and key phrases

Welcoming The Audience

• Good morning / afternoon / evening, ladies and gentlemen.

• First of all, let me thank you to welcome you here this afternoon.
• I’d like to welcome you on behalf of … .

Introducing Yourself

• Let me introduce myself. My name is … .
• For those who don’t know me already, my name is… .
• As you probably know, I’m the new … boss here at this … .

Introducing The Subject And Explaining The Purpose
• My presentation today is about … .
• The subject of my presentation is … .
• Today, I’m going to talk about … .
• Today, I would like to tell you something about … .
• This afternoon, I would like to report on … .
• I would like to give you some information about … .

• The purpose of my presentation is to present / outline / inform you about / explain … .

Outline The Topic

• I would like to begin by giving a brief overview of my topic which is … .
• My presentation is structured as follows: … .

• There are … main areas to be considered:
• I’ve divided my presentation into … (main) parts:
• In my presentation, I’ll focus on ... major issues:

First / Firstly,
Second / Secondly / Then, I want to talk about
Third / Thirdly / After that, I am going to look at
Fourth / Fourthly / Next, I would like to move on to
Finally,

Setting A Time Frame

• My presentation will last about … minutes.
• Is should take about … minutes to cover these issues.

Dealing With Questions

• There will be time for questions after my presentation.
• I am happy to take any questions after I have finished my presentation.

Presenting The Subject (Divided Into Sections)

Establishing A Bridge

• So, first of all, I would like to look at … .
• To begin with, let’s take a close look at … .
• Let’s now move on to look at the next point which is … .
• This brings me to my next point … .
• My next point is … .
• I would now like to turn to another aspect, namely … .

• I would now like to turn to … .
• Now I would like to move on to the next area which is … .

Linking With A Previous Point

• As I mentioned earlier … .
• As mentioned before … .
• As I said at the beginning / in my introduction / before … .
• To go back to … .

Concluding The Subject

• To sum up, I would like to say that … .
• So, to conclude … .
• In conclusion, … .

• That brings me to the end of my presentation.
• That is the end of my presentation.

Thanking The Audience
• Thank you for your attention.
• Thank you very much for listening.
• Finally, I would like to thank you for your attention.

Answering Questions

• Now I am pleased to answer your questions if there are any.
• If you have any questions, I’ll be happy to answer them now.
• Are there any questions?

• Sorry I didn’t catch the question. Could you please repeat what you just said?
• I’m sorry, but I couldn’t follow your question.
• I’m sorry, but I don’t know the answer to that. Can I check and get back to you?