In case you need to prepare a presentation in English on any topic, the following phrases should be of some help to you:
Welcoming
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Good morning and welcome to (name of company, name of conference hall, hotel,
etc.).
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Thank you all very much for coming today.
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I hope you all had a pleasant journey here today.
Introducing yourself
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My name is James Bond and I am responsible for … .
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My name is Mark Watson from [name of company], where I am responsible for … .
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Let me introduce myself; my name is Mark Watson and I am responsible
for … .
Introducing your presentation
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The purpose of today’s presentation/meeting is to … .
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The purpose of my presentation today is to … .
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In today’s presentation I’d like to show and explain to you how our investment policy looks
like .Firstly,…..I’ll show you….Secondly,….(Then)…..Finally,
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In today’s presentation I’m hoping to … give you an
update on… . / give you an overview of … .
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In today’s presentation I’m planning to … look at … . / explain … .
You can also outline
your presentation to give the audience a clear overview of what they can
expect:
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In today’s presentation I’m hoping to cover three points:
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firstly, … , after that we will look at … , and finally
I’ll … .
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In today’s presentation I’d like to cover three points:
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firstly, … , secondly … , and finally … .
Explaining that there will be time for
questions at the end
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If you have any questions I’ll be happy to answer them at
any time..(even during the presentation)
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If there are any questions you’d like to ask,
please leave them until the end, when I’ll do my best to answer them.
Starting the presentation
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To begin with … .
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To start with … .
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Let’s start by looking at … .
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I’d like to start by looking at … .
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Let’s start with presenting our current
portfolio.. / start by looking at … .
Closing a section of the presentation
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So, that concludes [title of the section] … .
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So, that’s an overview of … .
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I think that just about covers … .
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To sum up this part,…
Beginning a new section of the presentation
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Now, let’s move on to … .
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Now, let’s take a look at … .
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Now I’d like to move on to … .
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Next I’d like to take a look at … .
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Moving on to the next part, I’d like to … .
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Moving on to the next section, let’s take a
look at … .
Concluding and summarising the presentation
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Well, that brings us to the end of the final section. Now,
I’d like to summarise by … .
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That brings us to the end of the final section. Now, if I can just summarise the
main points again.
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That concludes my presentation. Now, I can just summarise the main points.
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That’s an overview of … . Now, just to summarise, let’s
quickly look at the main points again.
Finishing and thanking
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Thank you for your attention.
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That brings the presentation to an end.
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That brings us to the end of my presentation.
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Finally, I’d like to finish by thanking you (all) for your
attention.
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Finally, I’d like to end by thanking you (all) for coming
today.
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I’d like to thank you (all) for your attention and
interest.
Inviting questions
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If anyone has any questions, I’ll be happy to answer them.
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If anyone has any questions, I’ll do my best to answer
them.
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If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask them
now.
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If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask them
and I’ll do my best to answer.
Referring to a previous point made
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As I mentioned earlier …
.(jak wcześniej wspominałem)
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As we saw earlier … .
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You may recall that we said … .
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You may recall that I explained … .
Dealing with (difficult) questions
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I’ll come back to that question later if I may.
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I’ll / We’ll come back to that question later in my
presentation.
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I’ll / We’ll look at that point in
more detail later on.
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Perhaps we can look at it at the end / a little later.
Other phrases and key presentation
language:
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briefly
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take a
look at
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take a
brief look at
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return to
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I’ll
outline
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here we
can see
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as you can
see here
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(let’s)
move on to
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(let’s) continue with
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(let’s) continue by looking at
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to
illustrate this point
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let’s, we
can, we will
let me get into details
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