ENOS11 Contemporary English Language 1

Signalling a start:

• Right, ladies and gentlemen. Shall we begin?
• OK, I'd like to begin by ...
• Right then, everybody ...

Greetings:

• Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
• I'd like to welcome you to my presentation.
• I'd like to say how happy I am to be here today.

Introducing yourself:

• My name is ..... 
• I'm a first year student of ....
• I'd like to introduce myself. My name is ...
• Let me introduce myself. My name is ... 

The objective of your presentation:

• My objective this afternoon is to inform you...
• I'm here today to give you... 
• My purpose today is to introduce you to... 
• My aim this morning is to... 

The length of time your presentation will take:

• My presentation will last ..... minutes.
• I will talk for ..... minutes. 

Structuring:

• My presentation is split into three key areas. 
• Firstly ... Secondly ... Thirdly ... 
• To begin with ... After this ... Finally ... 

Saying when your audience may ask questions:

• There will be time for questions at the end... 
• Please keep your questions for the end. 

Introducing topics:

• I want to look at ...
• I'd like to review ...
• I want to discuss ...
• I'm going to analyse ...
• I want to cover ...
• I'd like to talk about ...

Moving on:

• Let's now move on to ...
• I'd like to go on to ...
• This brings me to ...
• I now want to ...

Looking back:

• Let's look back for a moment ... 
• To go back to ... 
• As I said before ... 

Adding:

• In addition ... 
• I might add that ... 
• Furthermore ...
• Moreover ... 

Dealing with interruptions:

• Perhaps I could return to that point later on? 
• If I might just finish? 
• If you'd allow me to continue? 

Summarising and concluding:

• To sum up then, ... 
• To summarise my main points ... 
• I'd like to conclude by reminding you that ...
• Let me end by ... 
• I'd like to finish ... 
• In conclusion, may I remind you ... 
• Finally, ... 

Asking for questions:

• You no doubt have many questions ... 
• If there are any questions ... 
• I'm sure you have many questions ... 

Playing for time:

• That's an interesting question.
• I'm glad you asked that question. 
• You've raised an important point there. 
• That's a difficult question. 

Closing question time:

• Perhaps on that note we could end? 
• I'm afraid that's all we have time for. 

Thanking:

• I'd like to thank you all.
• I'd like to thank you all for your participation.