Useful phrases for presentation in English

Good morning/good afternoon ladies and gentlemen

As you already know, today’s presentation is designed to present some important points of …

The topic of my presentation today is …

What I’m going to talk about today is …

My objective is to …

The main points I will be talking about are

firstly …

secondly…

finally…

Since we have very limited time today, please hold your questions until the end of the presentation.

This first slide shows our agenda for the day.

First, I will begin with an overview of …

First I would like to talk about….

Then I would like to take a look at…

Following that we should talk about…

That will bring us to our next point…

Moving on to our next slide …

I’d like to illustrate this by showing you…

I’d like to expand on this aspect/problem/point

Let me elaborate on that

Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that?

I’d like to digress here for a moment and just mention that …

Let me go back to what I said earlier about …

Let’s sum it up.

Let’s wrap it up.

I would like to sum up the main points again…

So, in conclusion…

Finally let me just sum up today’s main topics…

I’d like to recap the main points of my presentation

I’m going to conclude by… saying that/inviting you to/ quoting …

 In conclusion, let me… leave you with this thought/invite you to

Finally, I’ll be happy to answer your questions.

Now I’d like to invite any questions you may have.

I think I answered your question earlier.

I’m glad you asked that.

Well, as I already said…

That’s a very good question (of you to ask).

So you are asking about…

If I’ve understood you correctly you are asking about…

I’m sorry could you expand on that a little? Could you clarify your question for me?

I’m sorry I don’t think I’ve understood your question, could you rephrase it for me?

I think what you are asking is….