Language for presentations	

Introduction – opening sentence

	Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for giving up your time to come here this 	evening.
	Hi everyone. Thanks for coming.
	I am going to talk about / tell you about / describe / outline etc.

Explaining the structure of the presentation

	I'll start by talking* about...
	I'll begin with...
	First of all, I'll talk about...

	Then I'll move on to...
	Next I'll...
	After that, I'll...

	And finally, I'll say something about...
	I'll finish by talking about...
	I'll end with...

* various verbs can be used instead of 'talk' to give variety

Sequencing / signposting

	Let's begin with...
	Now I'm going to talk about...

	That's all I'm going to say about...
	That's it for...
	So much for...

	I'm now going to move on to...
	Let's look at...
	
	That's all I'm going to say about...
	That's it for...
	So much for... etc.

Ending

	That's all I have to say for the moment about...
	And that brings us to an end, ladies and gentlemen. 
	I hope you now have a better idea of...
	I hope that's given you some idea of...
	I'm very happy to answer any question you may have.
	If anyone has any questions, I'm very happy to answer them now.