①Academic Report
Ladies and gentlemen I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak before such an honourable audience.
② General Speech
I’m glad you’re all here.
Hello everyone. Thank you all for coming today.
③ Inform the audience of the length of the speech
I will not take up more than ten minutes of your time.
I know that time is short, so I intend to keep my speech short.
Transitional Sentences
① Transitional Sentences
I would now like to move on to… I would like to move on to…
Now I would like to see…
Transitional Words
★Similar views: similar, similar
★Opposing viewpoints: opposite, contrary, on the other hand
Example: to give an example
Leads the audience
This picture shows you…
Take a look at this ….
If you look at this, you will see that…
This chart shows you…
As you can see ….
Summarising Sentences
①Concluding statement
In conclusion, I would like to…
In conclusion, I would like to . .
Which leads me to my next question…
This concludes our presentation …… I hope you found it useful ……
②Concluding Remarks
This concludes my speech.
Thank you all for your support and attention.
I am glad to be here today to share my thoughts with you.
I Question Sentence
Question Sentence
I am happy to answer your questions now.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Does anyone have any questions or comments?
If there are no further questions at this time, I would like to …… If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Does this answer your question?
