Language of presentations
Introductory expressions and vocabulary
Thank people for coming
Good morning/afternoon etc.
I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you for coming here today/making the
effort to be here.
Beginning and stating objectives
Right, let's make a start.
Let's begin/I'm going to begin by...
I'm here today to...
The object/subject of today's meeting/talk is to...
Organization
My presentation/talk is divided into three parts/sections...
I'd like to begin by...
I have four main points...
By way of introduction...
Introduce another speaker
I am going to/I'd like to hand you over/pass you over to Julian who is going to talk
you through/present...
Annie will be telling you about...
Paul is now going to take over...
Recap what a previous speaker has said
Keith has given you an overview of...
We have just heard from Keith...
As Paul said...
Recognising knowledge
You are certainly aware...
As you know...
You have probably heard some of this before...
Refer to a diagram/figures
(So) Let's look at/Let's have/take a look at ...
I'd like to draw your attention to...
As you can see ...
If you'd like to turn to page 6 of the handout ... I'll...
It's worth noting/It's interesting to note that ...
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Enumerate points
To begin with/First of all/Firstly/Next/afterwards
Finally/To conclude/In conclusion
Moving to another topic
This brings me/us to the key issue ...
I'd now like to turn to ....
Now let's look at/consider...
I'll now move on to my next point which is...
Before I move on, does anyone have any questions/queries...
Rhetorical questions
(So) what can we learn from this?
How should we interpret these figures/statistics?
You're probably asking yourselves what this all means.
Setting guidelines for questions
I'm happy to answer your questions at the end of my presentation.
Please feel free to interrupt if you have any questions.
I'll deal with questions at the end of the talk...
I'll come back to that at the end if you don't mind.
Summarizing
So to recap...
In conclusion,...
I'd like to finish/wind up by saying...
Before I finish I'd finally like to say...
Vocabulary
Verbs
Outline/inform/brief/update/clarify/highlight/stress/urge you to do X/handle
Phrasal verbs
talk through/run through/hand you over to/turn to/go into/take over/carry on/sum
up/put forward/wind up/deal with/ focus on
Verbs to describe movements and trends
go up/rise/soar/jump/peak
fluctuate
go down/fall/drop/tumble/collapse/bottom out
stay steady/level-flatten/ out
NB.
There has been a slight fall in the rate.
The rate has fallen slightly.
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Nouns and phrases
give/provide an overview
gain/provide an insight into /an understanding of
deal with a question/query
face a challenge
make a suggestion/recommendation
figures/numbers/data
findings/results/trend
graph/bar chart/histogram/pie-chart/table/figures/diagram/flow-chart
handout
Collocations
Key topic
crucial challenge
important issue
controversial subject
difficult question
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