FOCUS: A SPEECH

 Pay attention to the greeting and the audience stated in the question.
 It is important to state the purpose of your speech clearly.
 End your speech with a closing statement. Thank the audience.

Below are some of useful expressions in the introductory paragraph of a speech.

a A very good morning to our Principal, Tn Hj Amir Ismail, teachers and all my friends. Must be
First of all, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Mrs Wong for giving me error free !
this opportunity to speak today. The title of my speech is …………

b Good morning everyone. Today I would like to share with you some knowledge that I
have gained during a seminar/talk/course on how …………..

c Good morning, Madam Mariam, the principal, teachers and students. I am the
President of ……………………Club/Society. The topic of my speech today is …………………….

d Good morning , ladies and gentlemen. I am the President of ………Club/Society and I

would like to thank everyone for giving me the chance to speak today. The topic of my
speech is ……………………………

e Good morning to our Principal, Madam Maria , teachers and students. Thank you for
giving me this opportunity to talk about …………………………………………………………

Some interesting sentences you can use as the ending.

a Well, I hope my speech has given you some ideas of how to………………………Thank you for listening.

b Thank you for lending me your ears. I hope you have gained some ideas/knowledge from my
speech.

c I hope you have found my speech informative/useful. Thank you for listening/Thank you for lending
me your ears.

d I hope my speech has enlightened you on how ……………Thank you for listening.

e All in all, I hope my speech has helped enlighten all of you on the ……………………………….Let us work
together to make it happen. Thank you.