USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

FOR MUET SPEAKING

SKILLS: PART 1
AUTHORS: USWATUN NURRAHMAH NOORHASSANAH,
IZIANA HANI ISMAIL, MOHD AFFADDIL IZMI ROSLAN &
QUEENCIE DOHNY*.
PREPARATORY CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH.

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Malaysian University English Test (MUET) is

an English proficiency examination held in
Malaysia. It is intended to assess Malaysian
students' English language competency to
pursue higher education or employment
possibilities that demand a strong command
of the English language.

Speaking skill is one of the 4 skills assessed

in this examination. Speaking skill consists of
2 parts, which are Part 1 and Part 2. In part 1,
the candidate is required to support the
provided idea individually.

Following are useful expressions that would

help to show cohesiveness and coherence in
a presentation/speech/conversation. It acts
as a linker and connector from one sentence
to another or one idea to another. These
expressions will help you to provide
justification, highlight the main points or
main ideas, greet the examiners and other
candidates, and many more.
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MUET SPEAKING SKILLS:
PART 1

GREETINGS
To greet the examiner and other
candidates.
STATING SITUATION/TASK
Good morning everyone
Top of the morning.. To state the situation and idea given to
It's a good day for thoughts sharing. the candidate.

The situation given is..

... is one of the important topics
nowadays.
The task we have today is...

EXPRESSING OPINIONS
Expressing opinions on the
given task.
INTRODUCING FIRST POINT
In my humble opinion..
Based on my own To introduce first point of the
experience.. speech before elaborating.
My perspective/.point of
view on this matter.. First and foremost..
Let's begin with the first point,,
The first point is..

SIGNALLING MAIN POINT

To emphasise the main point of
ideas/justification.
It is important to..
The main/major reason to this ..
The most important factor..
PROVIDING REASONS
To provide reasons and justification.
There are several reasons.. The first
reason is..
The justification for this matter is..
This is due to the fact that...

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PART 1
ILLUSTRATING POINTS
To illustrate and elaborate points.
On top of that..
Therefore.. Then..
The reason to that is,,
JUSTIFYING
To validate and support an
idea.
The evidence shows..
Statistics of (idea) show..
There is a lot of proof to
support this matter..
REFRERING STATED MATTERS
To refer back to the stated matters
before.
As I have mentioned earlier/before..
Candidate (role) has stated earlier..
Refering back to the previous idea..
GIVING EXAMPLES
To provide examples/exemplifying.
.. such as..
The examples to this matter are..
To give feloow candidates an idea..
STARTING A NEW POINT
To move to the next point of the
speech before elaborating.
Secondly.. Next.. Besides...
All add a new point to my
speech, which...
Not only that, this matter brings
us to the next point...
SIGNALING CAUSE AND
EFFECTS
To show relation between factors and
iimplications.
This matter can lead to..
As a consequence...
This factor may cause implications
on..
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MOVING TO SOLUTION
To draw conversation from problem to
solution.
EMPHASISE A POINT
To overcome this matter, it is
essential to.. To emphasise and making apoint
It is crucial for us to... sounds important
In order to navigate the problem...
In fact../In particular
It is crucial how important...
Most importantly

CONCLUDING
To conclude the whole
speech.

In conclusion/All in all..
In a nutshell..
I'd like to conculde by..
To summarise my speech..

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