Six Tips of Lots of Useful Phrases

Plan a clear structure

One minute

• Get an idea
• Prepare your structure

Be direct

The person I am going to describe is my father.

The person I am going to describe is none other than my father.

• None other than is used to talk about something surprising.

a preamble = an introduction statement

Use different tenses

Describing the event：

• Time：It happened about 2 months ago.
• Set scene：I was waiting for a friend inside a coffee bar.
• Lively actions：Then, this woman comes in and starts talking really loudly on her phone. Then she sits next to me .
• Concluding actions：It was so noisy, so I asked her to be quiet.

Use flexible templates

I’d like to kick off by telling you what happened.

• I’d like to kick off by telling you the agenda for today’s meeting.
• I’d like to kick off by telling you what I think about the piece of work.

This took place quite a while back.

• This took place 2 months ago.
• This took place last year actually.

It’s one of the mosting amazing places I have visited.

• It’s one of the mosting beautiful places I have visited.
• Actually, it’s one of the cheapest places I have visited.

Use cohesive devices

Anyway, what happened next was…

What it comes to my feelings, I’d say I felt really happy.

As far as my feelings are concerned, I’d say I was over the moon.

Get into the flow

open up, be creative and get into the flow