Some Useful Expressions in Giving Presentation

Welcoming the audience

Good morning / afternoon  ...Mr...   and Mrs....... (Please mention the names of test examiners)
Hello / Hi everyone
First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today
It’s a pleasure to welcome you today
It’s good to see you all here

Introducing yourself
Let me introduce myself. I’m ...  
Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is …

Introducing your topic
What I’d like to present to you today is … I’m here today to present … 
The subject / topic of my presentation is …
In my talk I’ll tell you about … 
Today I’m going to talk about… 

Stating your purpose
The purpose / objective / aim of this presentation is to … Our goal is to determine how / the best way to …
What I want to show you is … My objective is to …

Structuring
I’ve divided my presentation into three (main) parts. In my presentation I’ll focus on three major issues.

Sequencing
I’ll begin by … . Then I’ll move on to …   Then / Next / After that …
I’ll end with …

Questions
There will be time for questions after my presentation. We will several minutes for questions in the 
question and answer period.

 Effective openings

Rhetorical questions
Ok, let's start now. Do you know....?
Have you ever heard about....?
Are you familiar with.....?

Interesting facts
According to an article I read recently, …
I’d like to share an amazing fact / figure with you.


The middle/main part

Saying what is coming
In this part of my presentation, I’d like to talk about … So, let me first give you a brief overview.

Indicating the end of a section
This brings me to the end of my first point. So much for point two.
So, that’s the background on … That’s all I wanted to say about …

Summarizing a point
Before I move on, I’d like to recap the main points. Let me briefly summarize the main issues.
I’d like to summarize what I’ve said so far …

Moving to the next point
This leads directly to my next point. This brings us to the next question. Let’s now move on / turn to …
After examining this point, let’s turn to … Let’s now take a look at …

Going back
As I said / mentioned earlier, … 
Let me come back to what I said before …
As I pointed out in the first section, …

Adding ideas
In addition to this, I’d like to say that .......is  going very well.
Moreover / Furthermore, there are other interesting facts we should take a look at. 

Rhetorical questions

What conclusion can we draw from this? So, what does this mean?
So, how are we going to deal with this ........? So, where do we go from here?
Why do I say that? Because …
 Conclusion

Indicating the end of your talk
Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation.
As a final point, I’d like to …
Finally, I’d like to highlight one key issue.
Summarizing points
Just to summarize the main points of my talk … 
I’d like to run through my main points again …
To conclude / In conclusion, I’d like to …
Making recommendations
I’d suggest …
So, I recommend that …
In my opinion, we should …
Based on the figures we have, I’m quite certain  that …
Inviting questions
Are there any questions?
We just have time for a few questions.
And now I’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have. 
Closing 
That's all for my presentation. Thank you.
Thank you all for your attention