Word List on Presentations

I want to give you a short presentation about ...

My presentation is about ...

One of my hobbies is ...

The country that fascinates me most is ...

I’d like to tell you something about ...

I have always been interested in ... so today I want to tell you something about it.

I think everybody has heard about ..., but hardly anyone knows a lot about it.

That’s why I’d like to tell you something about it.

That’s why I chose the topic for my presentation.

Did you know that ...?

Did you know why ...? Well, in my presentation about ... you will find out about that.

OK, I’d like to begin by introcing myself

I’d like to start by giving you a brief run-down of what I’ll be covering today

In the first part of my talk, I’ll be looking at...

Then I’ll go on to...

Before we go on, I’d just like to highlight a few things.

I’d like to start by outlining the main aims and objectives of this talk

Firstly, let me explain the main aim of this presentation.

Please feel free to interrupt at any point.

I’ve prepared a little quiz on the topic.

I’ll now give you some questions that you can answer during my presentation.

Pay attention.

You can take notes.

In the end, there will be a quiz on the topic.

After the presentation there will be a quiz.

In the end, I will test your knowledge on the topic.

Let me begin by explaining why / how ...

First / Now I want to talk about ...

First / Now I want to give you an insight into ...

Let’s (now) find out why / how ...

Let’s now move to ...

As I already indicated ...

Another aspect / point is that ...

The roots of ... go back to ...

... began when ...

Legend has it that ...

As you probably know, ...

You probably know that ...

Maybe you’ve already heard about ...

You might have seen that already.

At the beginning there was / were ...

Many people knew / know ...

Hardly anyone knew / knows ...

... hit the idea to ...

... was the first to ...

It is claimed that ...

One can say that ...

I have read that ...

If we look at the next slide

This slide illustrates how...

The most important point here is...

If you look at this diagram, you can see that...

Now, if we consider

Moving on the next slide

This leads me to the next point.

So we’ve seen how X, now let’s look at Y

Let me use a graphic to explain this.

The graphic shows that ...

As you can see (in the picture) ...

In the next / following picture, you can see ...

Here is another picture.

The next picture shows how ...

Let the pictures speak for themselves.

I think the picture perfectly shows how / that ...

Now, here you can see ...

... has a great influence on today’s life.

Unfortunately, ... is hardly known today.

... should not be forgotten.

... has really impressed me.

I hope that one day ...

We should not forget ...

All in all I believe that...

Summing up / Finally it can be said that ...

Let me close by quoting ... who said, »...«

That was my presentation on ...

I am now prepared to answer your questions.

Do you have any questions?

So, what are the main points wee hightlighted ? Well, firstly

OK, let’s go over the main points again

To summarize, by focusing on X, we can see that

In other words, the key issues to remember are

OK, I think this is probably a good time to finish

That just about brings it to an end

Does anyone have any questions?

Thanks for being such a good audience

Thanks, that’s a really interesting point

Yes, that’s a valid point, but

Can I get back to you on that one ?

I’m provably not qualified to answer that

Does anyone else have any views about that ?

Well, let’s find out now how much you’ve learned.

Let’s check how much you can remember from my presentation.

Are you ready for the quiz?

Let’s do the quiz.

Okay, let’s answer the questions now.

Question number one / two / three ...

Next question.

Who can tell me ...?

Exactly.

That’s correct. / That’s right.

That’s not correct.

Try again.

I’ll give you a hint.