Speaking | Individual Long Turn | Useful phrases

Structure: beginning – leading over (BP1,2,3) – concluding

Beginning

• My topic is …
• I would like to start with… Then I’m going to speak/talk about… Last/Finally I’m going to discuss/address/elaborate on…
• First of all, there is the question of… / I would like to begin by looking at…

Leading over

• This brings me to my next point. / This leads me to the second question. /
• I would now like to take a look at/move on to…
• Next, I’d like to go into detail on the question of why/how/what…
• Now, I’d like to address the issue of….

Concluding

• Finally, I’d like to say….
• In conclusion, it is clear that…
• On the whole, I have to say that…
• To sum up…

Examples

• For instance, look at… 
• Take …, for example.
• Let me give you an example of what I mean by…
• To illustrate this point, …

Other useful phrases

• As far as … is/are concerned…
• In addition to this there is….
• I’d like to add that…
• What is also important to consider is…
• What is more…
• Moreover,….
• One must also remember that…
• In this context, it is important to bear in mind that…
• Besides that,
• Another thing is….
• I would like to draw your attention to the fact that…
• I know this from first-hand experience.
• Let me repeat what I said earlier.
• I would like to stress/emphasise that …
• That’s why…
• For this reason…
• As a result…
• This implies that…
• This leads to….
• One the one hand…, but on the other hand…
• Although…, we must not forget that…