Useful Sentences in Presentation

USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR PRESENTATION

a.       Greeting

      Good morning / afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

      Ladies and gentlemen …

b.      Subject

      I plan to say few words about …

      I’m going to talk about …

      The subject of my talk is …

      The theme of my presentation is …

      I’d like to give you an overview of …

c.       Structure

      I’ve divided my talk into (three) parts.

      My talk will be in (three) parts.

      I’m going to divide …

      First…

      Second…

      Third…

      In the first part…

      Then in the second part …

      Finally…

d.      Timing

      My talk will take about ten minutes.

      The presentation will take about two hours…

             but there will be a twenty minutes break in the middle. We’ll stop lunch at 12 o’clock

e.      Policy on questions / discussion

      Please interrupt if you have any questions

     After my talk there’ll be time for a discussion and any questions.

f.        Ending the introduction

      So that concludes the introduction.

      That’s all for the introduction

g.       Beginning the main body

      Now, let’s move to the first part of my talk, which is about…

      So, first … To begin with…

h.      Introducing a visual

      I’d like to show you…

      Have a look at this…

      This (graph) shows / represents…

      Here we can see…

      Let’s look at this…

      Here you see the trend in…

i.         Comparisons

      This compares x with y

      Let’s compare the …

      Here you see a comparison between…

j.        Listing

      There are three things to consider. First… Second…

      There are two kinds of … The first is … The second is…

      We can see four advantages and two disadvantages. First, …

      One is … Another is …  A third advantage is … Finally…

      On the other hand, the two advantages. First… Second…

k.       Linking: Ending parts within the main body

      That completes / concludes…

      That’s all (I want to say for now) on …

l.         Linking: Beginning a new part

      Let’s move to (the next part which is) …

      So now we come to …

      Now I want to describe…

m.    Sequencing

      There are (seven) different stages to the process. First…

      There are two steps involved. The first step is…

      I’ll describe the development of idea.

      First the background, then the present situation, and then the prospects for the future.

n.      A summary

     I have talk about …

o.      A conclusion

      I can conclude that …

      In conclusion, …

p.      Discussion

      Now, the time for discussion. Any questions, additions are welcomed.

q.      Respond to questions/addition/suggestion

      Thank you for the addition / suggestion

      To answer the question, I would say…

Source (adapted from): Student’s book of English for Business Communication by Cambridge University Press.