Speech Writing
Question1:
The increasing amount of time spent playing indoor games
has been a major cause of decreasing the outdoor appearance of children. With
this concern, write a speech to be delivered in the morning assembly in 150-200
words. You are Parag/Pragati.
Answer:
Respected Principal Sir, honourable teachers and dear friends, I am Parag of
Class Xl-A. Today I want to share my views on the topic ‘Indoor games vs.
Outdoor games’. Modern gadgets like computers, gaming consoles, video games and
mobile phones have made us crazy as well as lazy. In our spare time, we can be
either seen surfing the internet or sending SMS on mobile phones. We have
forgotten hide and seek, cricket and football, all of which make us physically
active and alert.
Outdoor games strengthen our physique and heip us to remain
healthy. When we play outdoor games we grow enthusiastic, we agree and disagree
and fight. We make more friends, which broadens our social circle. On the other
hand, when we play alone on computers, we are damaging our eyes, polluting our
minds and turning into couch potatoes which is not good for our health. Outdoor
games inculcate values like team work, coherency and zest for living in us. On
the other hand, playing indoor games only makes us isolated and self-centred.
Considering all these, it can be said that while outdoor games carry joys in
their basket, indoor games do not in any way. So, we should adopt outdoor games
and come out to play them more often.
Thank you
Question2:
You are Ankit/Ankita. You have to deliver a speech on the topic “Education
Gives One Power”. You have jotted down the following notes:
Education trains mind—sharpens skill and abilities—Education: a source of
power— improve self—be independent—earn money—ignorance to knowledge—removes
superstition—develops a free spirit—important for women: gives them freedom
from social ills—independent—responsible.
Write your speech in 150-200 words.
Answer:
EDUCATION GIVES POWER
Respected Principal,
teachers and friends!
Education provides us knowledge. It trains our mind and sharpens our skills and
abilities. Education refines our tastes and temperaments and builds our thought
process. Vocational courses help young boys to earn and learn together. They
provide means of earning livelihood and open the route to employment.
Professional courses, as is evident from the name itself, equip us for adopting
various professions. Some of these highly skilled professionals seek placements
or jobs in esteemed companies and business concerns. Thus education is
important for our survival. Decent living is impossible
without good income or high salary. Education improves the quality of our life
and frees us of superstition, foolish, meaningless mind-blocks and rituals. If
women are educated the whole family benefits qs the food is hygienically
prepared, children are healthy, well-mannered and disciplined. Education gives
us power over our environment. We can control the situation and shape our
destiny. Education spreads awareness among people and gives them freedom from
social ills. It makes people independent by providing them means to learn their
living. They become responsible citizens and realise their rights and duties.
In short, education gives one power.
Thank you.
Question3:
You are Priya/Piyush. You are a member of the Environment Club of your school.
After visiting many places you have realized that it is the need of the hour to
protect environment. You decide to create awareness among the students. Write a
speech in 150-200 words on ‘Environmental protection’ to be delivered in the
morning assembly.
Answer:
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
Respected Principal,
teachers and friends!
Global warming has accelerated the rise of temperature on earth. The sea level
is also rising and glaciers’ are melting away. Natural calamities are taking a
toll of life on earth. Floods and scanty rainfall result in a crunch of food
products, drinking water and disturb normal living conditions. The drought in
Rajasthan has led to deaths and famine. Man is himself to blame for the
deterioration of ecosystem. Depleting forests, industrial pollution,
toxic-wastes, vehicular pollution, cutting of trees in cities, and lack of
green cover are some of the contributory factors. The entire process of
environmental pollution is becoming a vicious cycle. The urgent need of the
hour is to protect environment. School children have begun to create awareness
by compaigning against polythene bags and recycling waste material. Let us join
hands to protect our forests, grow more trees, check toxic pollutants and
change our lifestyle.
Thank you.
Question 4:
You are Anshu/Anita. You have secured 95 per cent marks in English. Your
English teacher has persuaded you to share the secret of your success with your
schoolmates. You decide to deliver a speech ‘English is an extremely scoring
subject’ in the morning assembly. Write the speech in about 150-200 words.
Answer:
ENGLISH: EXTREMELY
SCORING SUBJECT
Respected Principal,
teachers and friends!
English is an extremely scoring, provided one follows a few rules, such as a
good reading habit and the ability to be brief and specific in one’s answers.
As far as the lessons in the CBSE textbooks are concerned, a thorough reading
is essential. Questions asked from these lessons can be from any part of the
chapter/story and could be about any minute detail. Remember the complete name
of main characters and the author’s name. Your answer has to be in the same
tense as the question. Secondly, the answer should be relevant and to the
point. In order to get high marks in the comprehension passages and writing
tasks, a student must have good communication skills as well as good reading
habit. In article/report writing, questions on current affairs are often asked.
Reading comes in very handy while writing such compositions. A report should
always be written in the passive voice. In note-making, do not give more than
five points. Give sub-points for each main point in a logical sequence. On the
basis of the points,
write a summary and give a title. In letter writing, be brief and accurate.
Adopt the block format. Try to be creative while writing advertisements. The
phrases/language should be catchy. These are*some points that may stand you in
good stead.
Thank you.
Question 5:
Manish has to speak in debate supporting the motion that life in the country (a
village) is preferable to life in the city. Below you can see his notes. Use
the information to develop Manish’s speech in 150-200 words.COUNTRY (A VILLAGE)
peace and quiet—soothing air—fresh and pure green fields all around—lovely
sight helpful neighbours
CITY vehicles—smokeindustries—smoke-pollution
crowded streets people hurry—never relax
Answer:
LIFE IN A COUNTRYSIDE
PREFERABLE TO LIFE IN A CITY
Respected Chairperson,
Members of faculty and dear Friends!
I stand before you to support the motion that life in the country side is
preferable to life in the city. At the outset I will like to remind the
audience about the numerous advantages that the villages offer. In fact life in
the country has so many advantages over life in the city that I don’t think any
one present would disagree with me. The atmosphere is peaceful and quiet and
has a soothing effect. The air is fresh and pure. Green fields which can be
seen all around are a lovely sight. In the country people are friendly and the
neighbours are helpful. On the other hand, cities are full of vehicles giving
out smoke and creating atmospheric pollution. There is also air pollution from
the chimneys of industries spewing off smoke. Moreover, the streets in the city
are always crowded with people. Everyone is in a hurry and never finds time to
relax. Village life is tension free. There is no undue hurry and excitement.
The villagers may be poor in terms of income but they live a far happier life
than the city dwellers. Hence I conclude that life in the countryside is
preferable to life in the city.
Thank you.
Question6:
Arun Kumar is a resident of Kalkaji. He is an active member of citizens’ forum.
He is shocked to read the news that the Government has decided to increase the
prices, of petroleum products with immediate effect. He wants to enlighten
fellow citizens about the impact of Government decision on common man. Draft
Arun’s speech in about 150-200 words highlighting the impact of the hike in
prices of petroleum products on the life of common man.
Answer:
IMPACT OF RISE IN
PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Respected Chairman and
dear friends!
The decision of the Central Government to hike the prices of Petroleum products
has shocked all the consumers. The salaried classes and the middle-income group
are the worst affected. As a common man, I resent this harsh decision of the
government. The increase is not only sudden but steep also.
The common man is already reeling under the spiralling prices. The recent hike
in the cost of petroleum products will push the expenditure graph up by 30 to
40 per cent. The increase in the prices of diesel and petrol will not only
increase the expenditure on one’s own vehicle, but also increase the freight of
goods and their initial cost will. The essential commodities will get dearer.
Fares of buses, autos and taxis will have an upward swing. Shopkeepers will
enhance the prices of even those articles which are produce locally. This
sympathetic rise in prices of commodities will make it difficult to five within
a fixed income. This escalation will mean cutting down the necessary
expenditure by curbing some needs of the family.
I urge the Finance Minister to reconsider the decision which is bound to hit
hard millions of working classes and salaried people besides, creating a
vicious circle of spiralling prices. It is earnestly hoped that my views will
merit some consideration at the hands of the authorities.
Thank you.
Question 7:
You are Navneet, a member of school Literacy Club, which has organised literacy
classes in villages and city slums under the adult education programme. Draft a
speech in 150¬200 words highlighting the importance of educating the
illiterates.
Answer:
ADULT EDUCATION
Respected Chairperson,
distinguished guest and dear friends!
Education provides all round development of our personality—body, mind and
soul. Unfortunately, a vast number of our population remain uneducated. The
rate of school drop-outs is increasing fast. To overcome the ever increasing
number of illiterates Adult Education programmes have been launched by the
Ministry of Education. Many voluntary and social organisation have also come
forward to render service.
The National Literacy Mission is an organization engaged in Adult Education. It
has helped to eradicate illiteracy in India to a great extent. School and
college students can also help in the noble mission. They can offer voluntary
service during their free period, that is, vacation. They can organize adult
literacy classes in their streets or villages. It is hoped that these educated
villagers will prove helped in the development of the nation. Education will
give them awareness and knowledge. They will gain information, dignity and
self-respect. They will become good citizens of the nation. They will become
free from the social bondage, exploitation and humiliation. Education will not
remain ornamental. It will become a part of their personality.
Thank you.
Question 8:
Suresh has been asked to deliver a speech on ‘The Brain Drain Problem’. He has
prepared the following notes. Use these notes together with your own ideas,
write the speech in about 150-200 words.
Answer:
THE BRAIN-D1LJN
PROBLEM
Respected Principal,
teachers and dear friends!
The problem of brain-drain has assumed serious proportion in the last thirty
years or so. The nation spends its hard earned meager resources on the
education and training of its doctors, engineers, scientists, etc. But these
highly talented and trained men and women of genius migrate to developed
countries.
They desert the ranks for the lure of money, better facilities and living
conditions. Some of them get opportunities for fulfilment of their ambitions
and development of personality as there is full scope for it. They enjoy
unlimited freedom for experiments and research and fear no resources crunch.
The parent countries become poorer by the depletion of resources as a result of
migration of trained and talented persons. The migrants too feel maladjusted in
the new country where they are considered second grade citizens. Living and
working in an alien culture among foreigners, they find themselves cut off from
their own social modes and customs. They do suffer emotional vacuum as the
memories of friends and relatives in their country haunt their minds. India too
has been facing this problem. We must take steps to ensure them better
facilities, improved living conditions, freedom for experimentation and
research. In addition to this, their talents must be utilised for proper work
and their work must be given due recognition. These measures, if adopted
seriously, can check the problem effectively.
Thank you.
Question 9:
Himanshu, the
secretary of School Red Cross Committee has been asked to deliver a speech in
the morning assembly to encourage his schoolmates to join first-aid classes to
be run by Indian Red Cross Society. He has jotted down the following notes. Use
these notes together with your own ideas to write the speech in about 150-200
words.
Answer:
THE IMPORTANCE OF
FIRST AID
Respected Principal,
teachers and friends!
First Aid is of immense help in case of an emergency or accident when the
victim is to be given immediate help before some qualified doctor arrives or
the victim is shifted to some nearby clinic or hospital. The importance of
first aid can be judged from the fact that many precious fives are saved
because they had been administered proper first-aid before the patients
received attention from a professional medical practitioner. The knowledge of
first aid proves handy in a crisis. A person receiving bum injury, a victim of
accident bleeding profusely, a drowned casualty or someone suffering from
poisoning need urgent and immediate attention. Administration of immediate
first aid provides the necessary relief till the case is attended by a
competent doctor. Thus first aid can sometimes give a second life to a person.
Hence it is always beneficial to get acquainted with the basic fundamentals of
first aid.
It is our moral duty to help the people in distress. But the aid rendered by an
untrained person may sometimes prove harmful. Hence it is essential to have
proper knowledge of first aid. Mere reading of books will not be sufficient.
You must know the practical application too. Careful and correct use of
first-aid can be beneficial as it can save precious human lives from the jaws
of death. Hence I exhort my colleagues to get the requisite knowledge by
joining first aid classes.
Thank you.
Question 10:
Vibha has to
participate in a debate supporting the motion that regular examinations are
necessary for development of student’s career. She has made the following
notes. Using these notes, together with you own ideas write the speech of Vibha
in about 150¬200 words.
Answer:
EXAMINATIONS—TEST OF
EFFICIENCY
Respected Chairperson,
teachers and dear friends!
Examinations are the tools in the hands of the teacher to assess the
performance of the students. Tests provide information regarding the student’s
grasp of the subject as well as achievement. Like any other object, examination
too, has two sides—the brighter side and the darker side. Let us concentrate on
the positive aspects or the advantages of examinations.
Examinations are essential at school and college level as they help to test the
efficiency of the students. The promotion of the students to the next class
depends on their qualifying the lower class. Thus the examinations provide the
students a stimulus to work regularly and punctually. The annual examination is
usually held at the end of the academic year, i.e., in March or April. The
students know that they must cover their syllabus within the prescribed
time-frame.
Examinations provide a visible proof of the students grasp of knowledge and
reproduction. Examinations inspire the sense of competition and increase the
efficiency of the students. Regular examinations inculcate good values among
students. They learn to become regular, systematic, methodical and punctual in
their studies.
Random or irregular testing is self-defeating because it tests the ignorance of
the students rather than their knowledge. The students are caught unawares.
Thus irregular tests should be discarded as a wastage of time and energy. They
serve neither as a test of comprehension nor as test of achievement.
These days it has become fashionable to talk about doing away with examinations
altogether. If there were no examinations, the students would lose interest in
studies and become non-serious. This “holiday from examinations” will promote
idleness, carelessness and irresponsibly.
Hence, to conclude, we must agree that objective periodic and regular testing
is helpful to the student’s as it ensures the real assessment of his worth and
personality.
Thank you.
Question 11:
Jayant Patel is the
secretary of the Science Club. He is disturbed to read reports on the misuse of
scientific gadgets by unscrupulous elements. He has prepared the following
notes. Use these notes together with your own ideas to draft Jayant’s speech in
about 150-200 words.
Answer:
MISUSE OF SCIENTIFIC
GADGETS
Respected Chairperson,
teachers and students!
Twentieth century has witnessed a revolution in the field of science and
technology. Everyday we hear of numerous latest gadgets produced to make our
life easy and comfortable.
Recently, however, some cases have come to fight where criminals and unscrupulous
elements have misused the gadgets of science for their selfish and refarious
ends. Committing dacoity, kidnapping or murders using stolen vehicles has
become a routine. Telephone is misused by anti-social elements.
Young Romeos misuse the telephone for eve-teasing. Rash driving, honking of
horns and playing loud music are some other tricks used by them.
Unscrupulous operators of cable network screen vulgur films depicting
glorification of violence and sex. These films directly encourage evils like
smuggling, drinking and drugs. The hard-core terrorists use bombs hidden in
toys to hit their targets. Remote control comes handy to them to accomplish
their plan. The powerful beams of lasers are used by modem day criminals to
break the safest safe.
The remedy does not fie in banning the gadgets, but in arousing public
consciousness. Police and administration must exercise effective vigilance. Law
enforcement should be strict and law-breakers be given exemplary punishment.
Thank you.
