Offering an example

Learning Objectives

Produce phrases to offer examples in conversations

Offering examples is a way to maintain a discussion and to explain more about a topic. Outlined below are phrases to use when offering an example.

Offering an example

“For example..”                                                              “For instance…”                                                       “One example is…”                               “To illustrate my point…”
“To give you an idea…”                                                  “To show you what I mean…”                                   “Let’s say…”                                          “Here is an example…”

 

tips for teaching

Offering examples is a way to support the speaker’s main point.

Examples can be personal experiences or information from a source.

For context, is useful to share the sources (newspaper, video, etc.) when using examples from a source.

Example: “I saw on the local news that the highway will be closed for repairs.”

Teaching examples is a good opportunity to discuss sources and credibility.