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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 7mins
Choose 2 FORMAL openings
Today I'd like to
What I want to do today
It's a pleasure to welcome you today
It's good to see you all here
Choose 2 FORMAL openings
Today I'm going to talk about...
The topic of today's presentation is...
I know you're all very busy
I'm aware that you all have very tight schedule
Choose 2 INFORMAL openings
In my presentation I'd like to report on...
I suggest that we begin now.
In my talk I'll tell you about...
OK, shall we get started?
Choose 2 INFORMAL openings
As you know, I'm...
Hi, everyone.
Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is...
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
To open a presentation, the usual steps are:
welcome the audience, introduce yourself, explain why the audience will be interested, say the topic
welcome the audience, say the topic, explain why the audience will be interested, introduce yourself
welcome the audience, say the topic, introduce yourself, explain why the audience will be interested
welcome the audience, introduce yourself, say the topic, explain why the audience will be interested
Choose 2 expressions to tell the audience the structure of the presentation.
There will be time for questions after my presentation.
I've divided my presentation into three parts.
In my presentation, I'll focus on three issues
It should take 30 minutes to cover these issues.
"I'll email you the PowerPoint presentation to you after this talk" is an expression about:
organization
handouts
timing
question
Which one is NOT the way to get the audience attention at the beginning of a presentation?
give them the solutions to their problems
ask a rhetorical question
start with an interesting fact
tell them a story
"So, let me give you an overview of..." is an expression of signposting for:
moving on to the next point
saying what is coming
indicating the end of a section
referring back
Choose 2 expressions of signposting for moving on to the next point.
Let's now turn on to the next issue
In this part of my presentation, I'd like to tell you about...
This brings me to the end of my second point.
This now leads us to my next point
"So that's the background..." is an expression of signposting for:
saying what is coming
indicating the end of a section
referring back
summarizing a point
Choose 2 expressions of signposting for referring back.
This leads me directly to the next part of my talk
Let me summarize what I've said so far
As I said earlier...
Let me now come to what I said earlier
"I'd like to sum up the main points" is an expression of signposting for:
referring back
moving on to the next point
saying what is coming
summarizing a point
What 2 expressions can we use to talk about difficult issues?
Apart from being to expensive, this model is also too big.
We will have to take care of these problems now.
How shall we cope with these problems?
There are a few problems regarding the quality
"With respect to prices, we need more details" is expression for:
referring to other points
adding ideas
talking about difficult issues.
indicating the end of a section
What 2 expressions can we use to add new ideas?
To increase sales we need a new strategy plus more people
Moreover, there are other interesting facts we should take a look at,
I think we first need to identify the problem.
There are a few problems regarding the qualilty
