St.

Peter’s Secondary School

S.6 English Language
Writing 3 - Speech

Name: __________________ Class: ____( ) Date: ____________

Format

Introduction
 Greet the Good morning, / Good afternoon, everyone.
audience I am (who), (role / position) in (which school
 Purpose of / organization). It is a great pleasure for me
giving the to be here.
speech  Use of questions/ question tags
 Today I would like to…

Background  If-conditional sentence (Type 1)

 How is the  It is taken for granted that…
current  The more / less…, the more / less…
situation?  What happens to…?

Body  From the point of view of…

 …play(s) a/an (adj.) role in…
 Take (sb/sth) as an example,…

Closing  Without (sb/sth),…

 Encourage the  Please get ready to…
 It’s time to (what you want the audience to do).
audience to take  You can… if you…
actions  Together, we will/can (what you want to
achieve).
 Let’s (what you want to do with the audience).

Thank you note I hope you will (what you want the audience
to do), thank you.

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 St. Peter’s Secondary School
S.5 English Language
Writing - Speech

Name: __________________ Class: ____( ) Date: ____________

Format

Introduction
 Greet the Good morning, / Good afternoon, everyone.
audience I am (who), (role / position) in (which school
 Purpose of / organization). It is a great pleasure for me
giving the to be here.
speech  Use of questions/ question tags
 Today I would like to…

 If-conditional sentence (Type 1)

 It is taken for granted that…
Background  The more / less…, the more / less…
 How is the  What happens to…?
current
situation?  From the point of view of…
 …play(s) a/an (adj.) role in…
 Take (sb/sth) as an example,…
Body
 Without (sb/sth),…
 Please get ready to…
 It’s time to (what you want the audience to do).
 You can… if you…
 Together, we will/can (what you want to
Closing achieve).
 Encourage the  Let’s (what you want to do with the audience).
audience to take
actions
I hope you will (what you want the audience
to do), thank you.

Thank you note

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Letter to the Editor
Format

Salutation Dear Editor,

Opening TO reply what other’s said

Introduce your  I am writing in response to (an article / a newspaper
subject article / a letter) published in (which newspaper) on
(date).
To express views
 I am writing to (talk about / express my views for /
complain about / express my support for / inform you)
…
Background  The writer of the (article / newspaper article / letter)…
State the I (strongly) (agree / disagree) with the writer’s opinion
general
situation
on this issue because…
 According to (sth / sb), …
 Based on the information on (where), …
 … attribute (sth) to (sth)…
 However, I don’t believe that this is the main cause.
Rather, I believe the following reasons are more
important.

Body  In fact, I believe…

 State your  There is no doubt that…
viewpoint
 I totally believe that we should…
 Convince
the reader  I absolute agree with (sb) / to (sth)
of your  Whether…
viewpoint  In spite of / Despite (sth), …
with  Apart from (sth), …
reasons

Ending  In conclusion, it can be seen that… + It is hoped that…

+ Hope for the
future

Complimentary
Yours faithfully,
close
(Name)
Name OR

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Sentence Pattern 1

Compared with (somebody / something),…

Examples:
1. Compared with India, Hong Kong puts more effort on environmental protection.
2. Compared with using plastic bag, using recycle bag is more environmentally friendly.
Exercise 1. Rearrange the following elements into correct sentences.

(sb. / sth.) (clause)

Tom is obviously good at
2) last year
English
this new mobile phone is
3) Hong Kong
more user-friendly
Compared other I got better results in the
4) , .
with interviewees second term
other mobile Hong Kong’s night view is
5)
phones more beautiful
Taiwan did better on
6) other countries
environmental protection

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences.

1. Compared with __________________________________________, using public transport is more

environmentally friendly.

2. Compared with ____________________________________________, not turning on the air-

conditioner can save more energy.

3. Compared with polystyrene lunchbox, ________________________

______________________________________________________________

Sentence Pattern 2

(something) is the key to (+Noun/Gerund) / key to the solution

Example:
Public education is the key to changing people’s behavior and implementing long-term strategies which will improve
and maintain communal hygiene.

Exercise 1. Rearrange the following elements.

(Something) (be) (Noun / Gerund)
1) Parents is / the key world peace .
2) The missing gun am / to / success

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 3) Understanding are one of the solution
4) Immediate relief action the keys raising good kids
5) Real action to the mystery
soothe the pain and suffering of
6) Being good role models the victims in the aftermath of
the earthquake
Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences.

1. ______________________________________ is the key to the failure.

2. _____________________________________ is the key to severe floods.

3. ______________________________ is the key to having good results.

4. ___________________________________ is the key to making friends.

5. Being responsible is the key to ________________________________.

6. Working hard is ______________________________________________.

7. Reading newspaper is ________________________________________.

8. Learning vocabulary is _______________________________________.

Exercise 3. Read the following situations. Make sentences related to the topic ‘Nature
and the Environment’ by using the sentence pattern.
1. Many people are suffering the respiratory diseases.
______________________________________________________________

2. Global warming is a serious problem nowadays.

______________________________________________________________

3. There is unusual weather around the world.

______________________________________________________________

4. Many countries face the problem of waste disposal.

______________________________________________________________

5. Air pollution is a problem of global concern.

______________________________________________________________

Sentence pattern 3
… play(s) a/an (adj.) role in…
Examples:
1. The government plays an important role in protecting the environment.

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2. Her decision plays a critical role in this issue.

Exercise 1. Rearrange the following elements into correct sentences.

(sb/sth) (adjective)
Plastic promoting Hong
1 critical
bag tax Kong
Hard Hong Kong’s
2 effective
work attractiveness
Green environmental
3 important
peace protection
play/
Air a/ role
4 plays/ important a person’s life .
pollution an in
played
The
5 tourism important being success
board
reducing the
Having a
6 essential use of plastic
goal
bags
Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences.

1. _______________________ plays an important role in solving the problem of air pollution.

2. ______________________________ plays an effective role in learning.

3. ___________________________ plays an essential role in being alive.

4. ________________________ plays a critical role in decision making.

5. ______________________________ plays an important role in failure.

6. All the citizens _______________________________________________.

7. Using polystyrene lunchbox __________________________________.

Sentence Pattern 4

Take (somebody / something) as an example,…

Examples:
3. Take myself as an example, I always help people in need.
4. Take Japan as an example, its government set up a lot of rules on protecting the environment.
Exercise. Read the following situations carefully and then write a sentence by using the
above sentence pattern.

1. [Situation: Give an example of the overuse of plastic bags.]

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 _____________________________________________________________

2. [Situation: Give an example to solve the overuse of polystyrene lunchbox.]

_____________________________________________________________

Sentence Pattern 5

Without (something / somebody),…

Examples:
1. Without rules, the society would become messy.

2. Without the plastic bag tax, people may use more plastic bags.

Exercise Complete the following the sentences.

1. Without _____________________, the problems will not be solved.

2. Without _____________________________, the problem of air pollution becomes much more

serious.

3. Without pollution, ___________________________________________.

4. Without the environmentalists, _______________________________

5. Without the use of polystyrene lunchbox, _____________________

______________________________________________________________