To greet
Good morning, examiners & all my friends
A very good morning to my examiners & friends
To state the situation/task given
That situation states that ...
Based on the situation given, ...
According to the situation given, ...
The situation I have been given is ...
To express an opinion/introduce a point of view
Based on my experience, I think that
To introduce the first point
For a start, I would like to suggest ...
I would like to begin by ...
To signal a main point
One important reason is ...
The most important factor is ...
To give reasons
There are several reasons ... The first is ...
To justify
There is a lot of evidence to support ... For example ...
There are many facts ... One such fact is ...
The reason I believe ... is ...
To elaborate on/illustrate a point
To start a new point
Another suggestion is ...
Next, I would like to highlight ...
Another point that I wish to emphasise is ...
Moving on to my next point, which is ...
To refer to what you have said
As I have said earlier, ...
I mentioned earlier that ...
As I said at the beginning, ...
I have pointed our earlier that ...
To signal cause and effect
This ... in turn can lead to ...
To signal that you are about to move on to a possible solution
So, what can be done to solve this problem?
Let's look at some of the possible ways ...
Now, let's consider some possible solutions ...
To signal that you are drawing a conclusion from what has been said earlier
This in turn can lead to ...
To conclude
So, we can conclude that ...
Therefore, my conclusion is ...
As a conclusion, I suggest that ...
Let me conclude by saying that ...
I would like to conclude by saying that ...