Introductory Phrases 1. It happened ...

1. I am going to talk about ... 2. It took place ...

2. I would like to talk about ...
3. I want to to talk about ...
4. Im going to describe ...
5. What Im going to talk about is ...
Giving opinion
1. I think (that)
2. I believe (that)
3. What I think is
4. As far as Im concerned
5. In my opinion
6. It seems to me that
7. If you ask me .
8. I strongly believe that
9. In my view
Giving strong opinion
1. In my honest opinion
2. Im convinced that
3. I really think that
4. Frankly speaking
5. I strongly believe that
6. Im absolutely certain that
7. Im positive that
8. It seems clear to me that
9. I would definitely say that
10. without a doubt
Expressing Uncertainty
1. Im (pretty) sure its
2. If what I read (online) is right,
3. It could/might/may/must be
4. I (would) guess/I (would) imagine/I
suppose
5. I dont remember very well, but
6. If I remember correctly,
7. This is just a guess but
8. Its something like
9. Its very difficult to predict the future
but
10. It could/might/may/must have been
Developing Phrases
1. First of all ...
2. Secondly ...
3. Additionally ...
4. Another thing ...
5. Another reason why ...
6. Furthermore ...
Background Phrases
3. Its been going on for/since ...
4. At that time ..
Impression Phrases
1. .. impressed me
2. ... motivated me
3. ... moved me
4. ... touched me deeply
5. ... had an effect on me
6. ... affected me
7. ... influenced me
8. ....... disturbed me
Talking About Things You Like
1. I like most of all
2. I enjoy
3. I love doing ...
4. really appeals to me because
5. I take great pleasure in
Generalising
1. In general
2. Generally
3. The vast majority of people
4. People in my generation
5. People my age
6. There are exceptions of course but
7. tend to
8. In most cases
Talking About Personal Experience
1. I have
2. I have personal experience of this.
3. A few years ago,
4. A memorable experience I had was
5. I had a bad experience with this.
6. I have found that
7. I once
8. I will never forget the time when
9. Id like to share my experience of
10. My first/last experience of this was
11. My own experience of this is
12. One day,
13.Something happened to me when
14.When this happened to me
15. When I was in my (early/ mid/ late)
teens,
16.I was affected by this when
Expressing Preferences
1. My favourite is
2. I prefer to
 3. Im really into Asking For Confirmation
4. Im quite fond of 1. Im sorry but could you explain this
5. I really dont like word here?
6. I dont really like 2. Can you say that another way?
7. I (absolutely) adore 3. Are you asking me about ?
8. I hate 4. Can I (double) check (if you mean )?
9. I detest.. 5. Can you repeat the question/ the first
Giving Examples part/ the last word?
1. To give an example of what I mean, 6. Can you say it again one more time
2. For example, (more slowly)?
3. For instance ... 7. Did you say or ?
4. , e.g. 8. Do you mean or ?
5. Im not sure if this is a good example, 9. Does that mean ....?
but 10. Does the question mean ?
Pausing For Thought 11. Does count as ?
1. Well 12. Excuse me. Can I ask what one word
2. Let me think. means?
3. Let me see. 13.I didnt understand the last word/ last
4. Ive never really thought about that part of the question.
before. 14.I guess/ suppose you mean Is that
5. Thats a difficult question. right?
6. Let me think about it for just a 15. It depends what you mean by
moment. 16. Im not quite clear about
7. Ive never thought about that before. 17.Sorry, Im (still) not quite sure what
8. I cant think of the word (in English) you mean.
but its a kind of 18. Should I talk about (or )
9. Let me have a look at the question Checking That You Have Answered The
again. Question
10. What else was I supposed to say? Oh 1. Sorry, what was the question again?
yes, 2. Does that answer your question?
11. What was the last point again? Oh 3. Whats the other thing I was
yes, supposed to talk about? Let me see.
Comparing And Contrasting 4. Here it is
1. Its (exactly/almost exactly/more or Not Answering The Question
less) the same as 1. Sorry, I still dont understand what
2. Its very similar to you mean.
3. more than / less than 2. Im afraid I really dont know.
4. (not) (nearly) as as 3. I cant really remember
5. Compared to , Predicting The Future
6. Unlike , 1. I hope that
7. , whereas 2. Its possible that
8. In contrast, 3. I can see that
Correcting Yourself 4. If possible, Id like to see
1. I meant to say 5. It might be that
2. Let me try to answer that again. I 6. We can assume that
3. I mean 7. I expect that
4. Let me start again. Ending The Talk
5. I said but in fact 1. I think Ive answered all the
questions.
 2. Thats all I can think of to say on the
topic.
3. Thats the end of my presentation

Comparing And Contrasting

Expressing Preferences 1. Its (exactly/almost exactly/more or
1. My favourite is less) the same as
2. I prefer to 2. Its very similar to
3. Im really into 3. more than / less than
4. Im quite fond of 4. (not) (nearly) as as
5. I really dont like 5. Compared to ,
6. I dont really like 6. Unlike ,
7. I (absolutely) adore 7. , whereas
8. I hate 8. In contrast,
9. I detest.. Giving strong opinion
Talking About Things You Like 1. In my honest opinion
1. I like most of all 2. Im convinced that
2. I enjoy 3. I really think that
3. I love doing ... 4. Frankly speaking
4. really appeals to me because 5. I strongly believe that
5. I take great pleasure in 6. Im absolutely certain that
Giving opinion 7. Im positive that
1. I think (that) 8. It seems clear to me that
2. I believe (that) 9. I would definitely say that
3. What I think is 10. without a doubt
4. As far as Im concerned Predicting The Future
5. In my opinion 1. I hope that
6. It seems to me that 2. Its possible that
7. If you ask me . 3. I can see that
8. I strongly believe that 4. If possible, Id like to see
9. In my view 5. It might be that
Giving Examples/Experiences 6. We can assume that
1. To give an example of what I mean, 7. I expect that
2. For example, Ending The Talk
3. For instance ... 1. I think Ive answered all the
4. , e.g. questions.
5. Im not sure if this is a good example, 2. Thats all I can think of to say on the
but topic.
Developing Phrases 3. Thats the end of my presentation
1. First of all ...
2. Secondly ...
3. Additionally ...
4. Another thing ...
5. Another reason why ...
6. Furthermore ...