Useful Phrases for Speeches is a 22-page pdf guide from the Finnish Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a 22-page pdf guide dated May 22, 2025 from the Finnish Government that is titled Useful phrases for speeches. Thirteen categories include:

 

Opening your speech

Presenting your topic and outlining the structure of your speech

Presenting the main body of your speech

Summarising your ideas

Closing your speech

Using hedging phrases

Giving details or showing emphasis

Expressing point of view, agreement, or disagreement

Expressing cause or consequence

Giving examples or explanations and indicating importance

Comparing ideas or showing similarity

Expressing time or place

Quoting or referring to sources

 

References include an article from Smart Words about Transition Words, and the University of Manchester’s Academic Phrasebank.

 

And the Finnish Government also has a 2025, 128-page pdf English Style Guide: A handbook for translators, revisers, and authors of government texts.

 

The image of a Finnish man speaking was cropped and colorized from Wikimedia Commons.