Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 229 · 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.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
3. 3.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Hey guys! (c) Respected judges, (d) Gonna tell you something
4. 4.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) informal (b) formal
5. 5.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) short, simple words (b) long, hard words (c) only big numbers (d) lots of difficult terms
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
7. 7.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Hey guys! (d) Good morning, respected
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Guess what happened! (d) I would like to begin by
10. 10.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) I would like to begin by (d) It is my privilege to
12. 12.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) informal (b) formal
15. 15.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) formal (b) informal
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Good morning, respected (c) Gonna tell you something (d) What’s up, everyone?
17. 17.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) So, like, yeah (c) It is my privilege to (d) I would like to begin by
19. 19.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Respected judges, (d) It is my privilege to
21. 21.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
22. 22.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
23. 23.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Esteemed guests, (c) It is my privilege to (d) Hey guys!
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) I would like to begin by (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Guess what happened!
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
27. 27.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Hey guys! (d) Guess what happened!
29. 29.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
30. 30.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Hey guys! (d) Good morning, respected
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Guess what happened!
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) formal (b) informal
33. 33.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Esteemed guests,
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Hey guys!
36. 36.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Respected judges, (c) I would like to begin by (d) Good morning, respected
38. 38.🏫 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
39. 39.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line

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