Signposting Language — How to Open, Build, and Close a Presentation
Grammar: Discourse markers and signposting language for presentations
Free ESL grammar exercise on signposting language themed around how to open, build, and close a presentation. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 3 (intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on work, practising discourse markers and signposting language for presentations. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Most presentations follow a clear structure. I'll start by looking at the background, and then move on to the main findings. As I mentioned earlier, the opening is the most important moment. To sum up, structure helps the audience follow you from start to finish.
Grammar
- Opening the talk
- Today I'm going to talk about our quarterly results. — clear topic statement at the start
- Moving between points
- Moving on to the next section... — signals a new topic for the audience
Sample items
- ______ I'm going to present our new marketing strategy.
- I'll start by reviewing last year's results and then ______ to the new plan.
- ______ on to the second part of my presentation.
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