MAKING A PRESENTATION: LANGUAGE AND PHRASES

MAKING PRESENTATIONS:

LANGUAGE AND PHRASES

This is a list of phrases to help you make a good presentation in English.

Good presenters always use language (sometimes single words, sometimes phrases) which shows where they are in their presentation.

Welcoming

• Good morning, good afternoon…
• Thank you all very much for coming today.

Introducing yourself

• My name is…
• Let me introduce myself; my name is…

Introducing your presentation

• I am going to talk about….
• In today’s presentation I’d like to talk about…

Starting the presentation

• To begin with … .
• To start with … 
• First / firstly…

Beginning a new section of the presentation

• Now let’s move on to … .
• Second / Secondly...
• Third / Thirdly…

Concluding and summarising the presentation

• Finally…
• In conclusion…

 Finishing and thanking

• Thank you for your attention.
• Hope you liked my presentation.
• I’d like to thank you (all) for your attention and interest.

Inviting questions

• Do you have any questions?
• If anyone has any questions, I’ll be pleased to answer them.