WHEN DOING THIS

SAY THIS

Introducing the subject

• I'd like to start by...
• Let's begin by...
• First of all, I'll...
• Starting with...
• I'll begin by...

Finishing one subject...

• Well, I've told you about...
• That's all I have to say about...
• We've looked at...
• So much for...

...and starting another

• Now we'll move on to...
• Let me turn now to...
• Next...
• Turning to...
• I'd like now to discuss...
• Let's look now at...

Analysing a point and giving recommendations

• Where does that lead us?
• Let's consider this in more detail...
• What does this mean for ABC?
• Translated into real terms...

Giving an example

• For example,...
• A good example of this is...
• As an illustration,...
• To give you an example,...
• To illustrate this point...

Dealing with questions

• We'll be examining this point in more detail later on...
• I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may...
• I'll come back to this question later in my talk...
• Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end...
• I won't comment on this now...

Summarizing and concluding

• In conclusion,...
• Right, let's sum up, shall we?
• I'd like now to recap...
• Let's summarize briefly what we've looked at...
• Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered...
• If I can just sum up the main points...

Ordering

• Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly...
• First of all...then...next...after that...finally...
• To start with...later...to finish up...