Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

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

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