HOW TO INTRODUCE A SUMMARY

Halpful Phrases:

To put it briefly

To put it briefly, we have a problem with sales.

In a few words

In a few words, Mark is leaving the company.

In a nutshell

In a nutshell, the contract will be finished next year.

To summarise

To summarise, we face an imminent strike in our Washington facilities.

It all comes down to

It all comes down to Megan's behaviour at the warehouse.

HOW TO START A MEETING

Helpful Phrases:

Let's get started 
Let‟s get the meetings started. Mark, would you like to begin? 
We need to discuss 
We need to discuss whether the campaign is aimed at the right target. 
We will to talk about 
We will talk about the issues involved in our marketing campaign.. 
What brings us here? 
What brings us here today? The hope of finding solutions. 
We will study 
We will carefully study all the projects that were brought forward.

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!

HOW TO REPLY TO A FORMAL INTRODUCTION

Helpful Phrases:

Nice to meet you

Nice to meet you too, Dr. Hector.

Pleased to meet you

Pleased to meet you too, Ron. I'm Sally.

I’m delighted to meet you.

I‟m delighted to meet you too. Welcome to our office.

How do you do?

How do you do? Have you had a good trip?

It’s an honour

Same here, Ms.Jackson.

HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF LESS FORMALLY

Helpful Phrases:

I’m

I'm Jack, Shanon's cousin.

Hi

Hi. Nice to meet you. I‟m Shanon but everyone calls me Sha.

Hello

Hello. Samuel Patrick from HR.

(Your Name)

Jack, from Ottawa.

My name is

My name is Tom, Tom Hanks.

HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FORMALLY

Helpful Phrases:

I’d like to introduce myself

I‟d like to introduce myself. I‟m Nick Ted from Durham.

Let me introduce myself

Let me introduce myself. I'm Steven Ferns.

How do you do?

How do you do? My name is Helen Bryanne. 

Nice to meet you

Nice to meet you. John Boon. We spoke on the phone last week,

I'm delighted to meet you

I‟m delighted to meet you. My name is Jeffers.