Are there any questions
.Referring back:
- As I mentioned before,……………
- As I said earlier…………..
- Let me now come back to what I said earlier.
Conclusion/ summarizing up
- To conclude………./ To sum up……../ To summarize……….
- In conclusion………………
- So let me summarize what I’ve said…………
- Briefly……..
- Just to summarize the main points of my talk……….
- Before I stop, let me go over the key issues again.
- Finally, may I remind you of some of main points we’ve discussed.
Giving recommendation
- In conclusion, my recommendations are…………
- I therefore suggest the following strategy.
- So, what I would suggest is that we…………..
- In my opinion,……..
Inviting questions
- Can I answer any questions? / Are there any questions?
- If you have any questions or comments, I’ll be happy to answer them.
Dealing with questions
- Does that answer your question?/ Is that clear now? / Is that ok?
- Thank you for asking that question. / It is interesting. / That’s good question.
- If I understand you correct, you are saying that……………
- Well, the question is………….is that right?
- Sorry, I didn’t catch your question? / Sorry, I’m not exactly sure of your question.
- Sorry, I’m not quite with you. Could you repeat that?
- Could you go over that again?
- If you don’t mind, I’ll deal with that question later in my presentation.
- Can we get back to that a bit later?
- Would you mind waiting with your questions until the question and answer session at
the end?
- I’ll be happy to answer any questions you have at the end of my presentation.
- There will be time for questions after my presentations.
- At the end of my talk, there will be a question and answer session, I would appreciate
it if you could keep your questions until then.
Asking about handouts
- I’ll be distributing the handouts in a few moments.
- Does everyone have a handout? Please take one and pass them on.
- Don’t worry about taking notes; I’ve put all the important statistics on a handout for
you.
- Copies of my slides are on the table by the door.
- I’ll give you my email address in case you want to follow up on something I said.
Referring to audience
- I can see many of you are………..
- You all look as though you’ve heard this before.
Linking or signposting
Starting:
- All right, we can begin by looking at……..
- Ok. Let’s start with the first point………
- Let me begin with……./ To start with…../
- Let me now come back to…………….
- In addition to this ……………./ Moreover …………….
- So let me give you a brief overview………..
Moving to the next point:
- So that’s the background…….. let’s now turn to the next issue.
- This now leads us to my next point.
- Let’s move on to the third point.
Signaling the end:
- This brings me to the end of my talk.
- That completes my presentation.
- Before I stop/ finish, let me just say……………..
- Finally, I’d like to highlight one key issue.
- That covers all I wanted to say today………
- OK. I think that’s everything I wanted to say about……………..