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Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 243 · 40 questions
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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”.

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  1. 1.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  2. 2.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) informal (b) formal
  3. 3.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) formal (b) informal
  4. 4.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Esteemed guests, (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Respected judges,
  5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) informal (b) formal
  6. 6.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  7. 7.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
  10. 10.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
  11. 11.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Guess what happened! (c) It is my privilege to (d) So, like, yeah
  13. 13.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Good morning, respected (c) Guess what happened! (d) Esteemed guests,
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Hey guys! (c) It is my privilege to (d) What’s up, everyone?
  16. 16.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  17. 17.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  18. 18.True or false: a report to the Principal needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Respected judges, (d) Esteemed guests,
  20. 20.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) You won’t believe this! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Gonna tell you something
  23. 23.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Guess what happened!
  24. 24.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Good morning, respected (c) Hey guys! (d) You won’t believe this!
  25. 25.🧒 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
  26. 26.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) the length of the mic (b) the colour of the stage (c) who your audience is (d) your lunch plans
  27. 27.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) going to (b) grateful (c) would like (d) gonna
  29. 29.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a report to the Principal needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) You won’t believe this! (c) I would like to begin by (d) Kindly allow me to begin
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) So, like, yeah (c) Good morning, respected (d) Hey guys!
  33. 33.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  34. 34.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Hey guys! (c) I would like to begin by (d) What’s up, everyone?
  35. 35.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) So, like, yeah (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Esteemed guests,
  37. 37.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Respected judges, (c) Hey guys! (d) Gonna tell you something
  39. 39.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
  40. 40.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line

Answer key

  1. a formal line
  2. formal
  3. formal
  4. You won’t believe this!
  5. informal
  6. an informal line
  7. False
  8. False
  9. informal
  10. formal
  11. False
  12. It is my privilege to
  13. True
  14. Guess what happened!
  15. It is my privilege to
  16. a formal line
  17. an informal line
  18. True
  19. Hey guys!
  20. False
  21. True
  22. Kindly allow me to begin
  23. Kindly allow me to begin
  24. Good morning, respected
  25. short, simple words
  26. who your audience is
  27. True
  28. gonna
  29. False
  30. False
  31. You won’t believe this!
  32. Good morning, respected
  33. a formal line
  34. I would like to begin by
  35. True
  36. Esteemed guests,
  37. False
  38. Respected judges,
  39. formal
  40. a formal line

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