Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 103 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Audience first): Formal: Annual Day, welcoming guests, debates, the assembly news, interviews, a vote of thanks. Informal: chatting with friends, birthday parties, family talk, calls with grandparents. Think about the audience first: their age, the occasion and what they already know. In formal speech say “going to”, not “gonna”.

1. 1.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) polite and formal (c) slangy and rude (d) silly and loud
2. 2.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Esteemed guests,
4. 4.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Hey guys!
7. 7.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
10. 10.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) It is my privilege to (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) I would like to begin by
11. 11.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) grateful (b) would like (c) going to (d) gonna
12. 12.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
13. 13.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
14. 14.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Gonna tell you something (d) I would like to begin by
15. 15.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) only big numbers (b) lots of difficult terms (c) short, simple words (d) long, hard words
16. 16.True or false: a report to the Principal needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
18. 18.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) It is my privilege to (d) Gonna tell you something
20. 20.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal
21. 21.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) formal (b) informal
22. 22.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
23. 23.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) So, like, yeah (c) Gonna tell you something (d) What’s up, everyone?
24. 24.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Hey guys! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) So, like, yeah
25. 25.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Hey guys! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) I would like to begin by
27. 27.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Yo, listen up (b) Oi, all of you (c) Hey guys, what’s up (d) Good morning, everyone
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Respected judges, (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Good morning, respected
31. 31.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Gonna tell you something (d) It is my privilege to
34. 34.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) informal (b) formal
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) I would like to begin by (c) So, like, yeah (d) You won’t believe this!
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
38. 38.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
39. 39.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Respected judges, (c) Guess what happened! (d) Esteemed guests,

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