HOW TO SIGNAL THE START OF A SPEECH

Useful Phrases:

Right. Shall we start?

Right Ladies and Gentlemen. Shall we start with our presentation?

OK. Let’s get going.

OK everybody. Let's get going. We only have twenty minutes.

Right then. We are ready

Right then. We are ready. The first point in the agenda is cost-cutting.

Is everybody already here?

Fine. Is everybody here? Le's get on then.

Time to begin

Well, time to begin. We‟ll set off with an outline.

HOW TO SAY HELLO

Useful Phrases:


Hi
Hi, John.
Hello
Hello. May I come in?
How are you?
How are you, Betsy?
Good morning
Good morning, Mr Hendricks.
Nice to see you
Nice to see you again, Paul

HOW TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THE PUBLIC

Helpful Phrases:

This is

This is Adrian Stevens.

May I introduce?

May I introduce Shelly Young? Shelly's our PR officer.

Let me introduce

Let me introduce Recardo Oats. He will be joining our production team.

I’d like you to meet

I'd like you to meet Dr.Harry. He's the Head Surgeon at Hopkins Hospital.

Have you already met (name)?

Have you already met Maria Davids? She runs our Shanghai office.

HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF BEFORE A SPEECH

Helpful Phrases:

I am

I am Sally Smith from Rome. I work at our R&D department.

I’d like to introduce myself

I'd like to introduce myself. I am Steve Shaw, from Marketing.

Let me introduce myself

Let me introduce myself. Tom Savage.

My name is

My name is David Styles. I run Virtusoft's Asian operations.

I’m called

I'm called Robert Wandill. My friends call me Robbie.

HOW TO REPLY TO AN INFORMAL INTRODUCTION

Helpful Phrases

Hi

Hi. I'm Sammy.

Hello

Hello. Andrew Davidson.

Good to meet you too

Good to meet you too. I'm Sarah.

Lovely to meet you

Lovely to meet you. Would you like some biscuits?

How are you?

How are you? It's good to get to know you!