Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 176 · 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 best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Oi, all of you (b) Good morning, everyone (c) Yo, listen up (d) Hey guys, what’s up
2. 2.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Hey guys! (c) It is my privilege to (d) So, like, yeah
4. 4.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) slangy and rude (c) polite and formal (d) silly and loud
5. 5.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) informal (b) formal
8. 8.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Good morning, respected (d) So, like, yeah
9. 9.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Hey guys!
11. 11.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
12. 12.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) So, like, yeah (d) I would like to begin by
14. 14.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) So, like, yeah (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Gonna tell you something
18. 18.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) formal (b) informal
19. 19.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,
20. 20.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Esteemed guests, (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Kindly allow me to begin
21. 21.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
22. 22.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) So, like, yeah (c) It is my privilege to (d) Hey guys!
23. 23.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
24. 24.🧒 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
25. 25.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Good morning, respected (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) I would like to begin by
27. 27.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) the colour of the stage (b) who your audience is (c) the length of the mic (d) your lunch plans
28. 28.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
29. 29.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Guess what happened!
31. 31.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
32. 32.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) So, like, yeah (d) It is my privilege to
34. 34.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
36. 36.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Respected judges, (d) I would like to begin by
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) It is my privilege to
39. 39.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) gonna (b) grateful (c) would like (d) going to
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Good morning, respected (d) It is my privilege to

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