Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 104 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) It is my privilege to (c) Esteemed guests, (d) What’s up, everyone?
2. 2.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
3. 3.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Gonna tell you something (d) I would like to begin by
4. 4.True or false: telling your family about your day needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Good morning, respected (d) It is my privilege to
6. 6.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Respected judges, (c) Guess what happened! (d) Esteemed guests,
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Good morning, respected (d) Respected judges,
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) It is my privilege to
10. 10.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Respected judges, (c) Guess what happened! (d) So, like, yeah
12. 12.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) your lunch plans (b) the colour of the stage (c) who your audience is (d) the length of the mic
13. 13.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
15. 15.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) You won’t believe this! (c) I would like to begin by (d) Guess what happened!
17. 17.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) You won’t believe this! (d) So, like, yeah
18. 18.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
19. 19.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
20. 20.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) It is my privilege to (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) You won’t believe this!
21. 21.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
22. 22.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is an informal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) I would like to begin by (c) Good morning, respected (d) Esteemed guests,
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) So, like, yeah (d) Kindly allow me to begin
25. 25.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Hey guys, what’s up (b) Oi, all of you (c) Good morning, everyone (d) Yo, listen up
26. 26.True or false: planning a game at break time needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
28. 28.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
29. 29.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
30. 30.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Respected judges, (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Gonna tell you something
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Gonna tell you something (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) So, like, yeah
32. 32.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Respected judges, (c) Hey guys! (d) It is my privilege to
33. 33.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
34. 34.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) It is my privilege to
35. 35.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) long, hard words (b) lots of difficult terms (c) only big numbers (d) short, simple words
36. 36.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
37. 37.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) would like (b) gonna (c) grateful (d) going to
38. 38.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Esteemed guests, (c) It is my privilege to (d) Hey guys!
40. 40.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) True (b) False

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