TIP 1: READ THE QUESTIONS AND FIND THE KEYWORDS

You have been asked to give a speech entitled ‘The Importance of Exercise” in conjunction with ‘Fitness Month
in your school.

TIP 2: INTRODUCTION.
Introduce yourself : Greet your audience… Tell them about yourself and further introduce your speech topic…

Example:
Good morning to the headmaster, Mr.Smith, all the teachers and all my fellow friends. My name is ______
from ______ . Today, I want to give a speech entitled ‘The Importance of Exercise’ in conjunction with ‘Fitness
Month’ in our school.

TIP 3: ADD IN WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ‘TOPIC”

Example:
Good morning to the headmaster, Mr.Smith, all the teachers and all my fellow friends. My name is ______
from ______ . Today, I want to give a speech entitled ‘The Importance of Exercise’ in conjunction with ‘Fitness
Month’ in our school. Exercise is basically any physical activity that we perform on a repetitive basis.
Exercising has a lot of benefits in today’s world because it is essential for proper health and fitness.

TIP 4: USE CONNECTING WORDS IN MAIN BODY

Give two to three points : Include details of each point… Make them interesting… Use examples…
● First of all/Firstly/First and foremost
● Next
● Besides/other than that/not only that
● Also
● After that
● Lastly/Last but not least/Finally
● In conclusion

Example:
Good morning to the headmaster, Mr.Smith, all the teachers and all my fellow friends. My name is ______ from
______ . Today, I want to give a speech entitled ‘The Importance of Exercise’ in conjunction with ‘Fitness Month’ in
our school. Exercise is basically any physical activity that we perform on a repetitive basis. Exercising has a lot of
benefits in today’s world because it is essential for proper health and fitness.

First of all, exercise is important because ______ . For example, if we do physical activity, we ______ .

Besides, ______ is also the reason why it is important to exercise. For example, exercising can ______ .

Last but not least, all of us must exercise daily because

TIP 5: USE DIFFERENT SENTENCES FOR THE SAME MEANING

“exercise is important because”
“we should do exercise because”
“all of us have to do exercise because”
“ The reason why exercising is crucial”

TIP 6: FINAL PARAGRAPH SHOULD ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE QUESTION/TOPIC.

Summary of your speech : Wrap up your topic and leave your audience with a convincing reminder to think about…
Thank the audience…

Example:

Before I finally end my speech, I want to highlight once more how essential and beneficial exercise is. In light of this
school's "Fitness Month," I hope we remember how important exercise is. That is all for now. Thank you for lending
me your ears.
 Writing Task: Informative Speech Essay
Topic: You have been asked to give a speech entitled "The Benefits of Eating Healthy for Students” in conjunction
with the ‘Stay Healthy Campaign’ in your school.

Paragraph 1: Introduction

Greeting A very good morning to

-Greet your audience.

Topic background Hook: “A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition.”
Hook + General
knowledge about this What?: “Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need
topic to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy.”
Why?
when/where?

Thesis statement

Body Paragraph Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4

P - Point Firstly, eating healthy Secondly, another benefit of Last but not least, we should
> Topic prevents…. eating healthy is… eat a healthy diet because..
sentence
Introduce your
main point

E - Example
> Give an
example(s) to
support your
main point

E - Explain
Use the 1H5Ws
questions (give
2 answers)

L - Link Thus, it can be seen that ____ Hence, Therefore,

> Link back to is an advantage of eating
main point and healthy among students.
summarise the
paragraph

Paragraph 5: Conclusion

Concluding remark Before I end my speech, _______ , _______ and _______ are…..
Rewrite your 3 main
points from the body
paragraphs.

Summarize the topic in In my opinion….

your own words. OR
It is important….

Future resolve Hopefully,

What do you hope for?

That is all for now. Thank you for lending me your ears.