Questions. Inviting questions at the end
Inviting questions at the end Thank you for your attention and if you have any questions or comments, I’ll be happy to answer them. If there are any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them. If anyone has any questions or comments to start off with … Thank you. I am sure you have some questions.
Acknowledging the question Good point/ Mmm … good question. That’s a fair point.
Paraphrasing the question If I’ve understood your question correctly, you’re saying … So, what you’re asking is … Well, the question is … Is that right? Let me check that I’ve understood your question. You’re asking ….
Getting the questioner to rephrase it Sorry, I’m not quite with you. Could you repeat that? I’m afraid, I don’t quite see what you mean.
Postponing an answer I’ll be dealing with that a little later on, so if you don’t mind I’d rather answer that question then. I’ll be coming to that, so if you don’t mind I won’t answer your question straightaway. But I won’t forget.
Answering questions by admitting ignorance I’m afraid I don’t know the answer to that one. Perhaps, someone here can help us out? I’m sorry I don’t know the answer to that, but what I will do is find out and send/give you an answer before the end of the week.
Answering questions – by saying you are not the right person to ask I’m afraid that’s not my field, but I’m sure Mr/ Ms … will be able to answer your question/ but I can put you in touch with … who is working on. I’m afraid I don’t have that information, but I can ask our … department to send you the details. Well, to be honest, I am not really the right person to ask about that. Well, I think that goes beyond the scope of today’s presentation. Today I wanted to concentrate on …, not go into…
Checking your answer Is that OK? Is that clearer now? Does this answer your question?
Rephrasing
I’m sorry I didn’t make that clear. The situation is … So, basically what I am saying is … Sorry, let me rephrase that.
Winding up the question session
I think we have time for one more question. If there are no other questions, I’ll finish there. Thank you very much. Right, if there are no other questions, perhaps we should wrap it up here. Thank you.
Using visual aids:
I’d like you to look at this … Let me show you (something/…) As you can see, … Let’s have a look at …/ Have a look at this. If you look at the screen, you’ll see… This table/ diagram/ chart shows/ represents, etc. … On the right/left you can see… Here, we can see … As you can see, the figures speak for themselves. I’d like to point out … To give you the background to this… I’ll let you read this one (pause).
Highlighting important information on a visual I’d like (us) to look at this in more detail. I’d like us to focus our attention on (one particularly important feature). I’d like you to think about the significance of (these figures). I’d like to point out (one or two interesting details). I’d like to draw your attention to (the upper part of the chart). If you look at it more closely, you will notice ….
Interpreting graphs I’m sure the implications of this are clear to all of us. I’m sure the conclusions to be drawn from this are clear to all of us. There is an important point to be made …
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