Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 191 · 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.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
2. 2.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) polite and formal (b) silly and loud (c) slangy and rude (d) bored and flat
3. 3.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
5. 5.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
7. 7.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Good morning, respected (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Respected judges,
9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) formal (b) informal
10. 10.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) I would like to begin by (c) Hey guys! (d) Kindly allow me to begin
11. 11.True or false: a vote of thanks needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal
14. 14.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) your lunch plans (b) the length of the mic (c) who your audience is (d) the colour of the stage
15. 15.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
16. 16.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🏫 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
19. 19.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
21. 21.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
22. 22.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Respected judges, (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Gonna tell you something
23. 23.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Guess what happened! (d) Esteemed guests,
24. 24.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) It is my privilege to (c) I would like to begin by (d) Respected judges,
26. 26.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) lots of difficult terms (b) short, simple words (c) long, hard words (d) only big numbers
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) So, like, yeah (d) Good morning, respected
28. 28.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) would like (b) gonna (c) grateful (d) going to
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) So, like, yeah (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) You won’t believe this!
30. 30.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) So, like, yeah (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Good morning, respected
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Respected judges, (c) Esteemed guests, (d) You won’t believe this!
33. 33.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
34. 34.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) I would like to begin by (d) You won’t believe this!
36. 36.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
37. 37.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Hey guys!
38. 38.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Hey guys!
40. 40.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Good morning, respected (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) So, like, yeah

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