Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 276 · 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 of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Good morning, respected (c) It is my privilege to (d) What’s up, everyone?
2. 2.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) going to (b) gonna (c) grateful (d) would like
3. 3.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
4. 4.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) formal (b) informal
6. 6.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) It is my privilege to (d) What’s up, everyone?
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal
8. 8.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) polite and formal (b) bored and flat (c) slangy and rude (d) silly and loud
9. 9.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) long, hard words (b) only big numbers (c) short, simple words (d) lots of difficult terms
10. 10.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
11. 11.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
12. 12.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a vote of thanks? (a) informal (b) formal
13. 13.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
14. 14.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Hey guys! (d) Gonna tell you something
15. 15.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
16. 16.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
17. 17.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Hey guys! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Respected judges,
19. 19.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Respected judges, (c) It is my privilege to (d) So, like, yeah
21. 21.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Guess what happened! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) I would like to begin by
22. 22.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) Guess what happened! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Esteemed guests,
24. 24.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
25. 25.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) the colour of the stage (b) your lunch plans (c) who your audience is (d) the length of the mic
26. 26.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
29. 29.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Guess what happened! (c) Hey guys! (d) I would like to begin by
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Guess what happened! (c) Good morning, respected (d) I would like to begin by
32. 32.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Hey guys! (d) Respected judges,
33. 33.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
34. 34.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) Esteemed guests, (c) It is my privilege to (d) Gonna tell you something
35. 35.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 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!
37. 37.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) I would like to begin by
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) I would like to begin by (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Esteemed guests,
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) Guess what happened! (d) It is my privilege to
40. 40.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal

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