Presenting – Key Expressions
Outlining a structure
- I’ve divided my talk up into …
- First of all, I’ll … After that, I’ll …
- I’ll conclude with …
Beginning the presentation
- I’d like to start by saying …
Referring forwards / backwards / sideways
- I’ll return to … later.
- As I said earlier, …
- I’ll say more about … in a moment.
- Just to digress for a second, …
Signalling the next section
- Just to fill you in on some of the background, …
- By …, I mean …
- Now I don’t know if you’re familiar with …
- Well, … refers to …
- This is where …
- And perhaps here I should explain what I mean by …
- That’s when …
- So, for example, …
Ending a presentation
- And this is my key point.
- To sum up, …
- I’ll be happy to take any questions now.
In-Company English Lessons with Native British Teachers