Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 326 · 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 a vote of thanks? (a) informal (b) formal
2. 2.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
3. 3.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Respected judges, (d) Hey guys!
4. 4.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) formal (b) informal
5. 5.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) formal (b) informal
8. 8.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) slangy and rude (b) bored and flat (c) silly and loud (d) polite and formal
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Respected judges, (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Kindly allow me to begin
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Guess what happened! (c) Good morning, respected (d) Esteemed guests,
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
12. 12.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
13. 13.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
15. 15.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Guess what happened! (d) So, like, yeah
16. 16.True or false: planning a game at break time needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) formal (b) informal
18. 18.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
20. 20.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Esteemed guests, (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Hey guys!
22. 22.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) I would like to begin by (d) Esteemed guests,
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Guess what happened! (c) It is my privilege to (d) Gonna tell you something
24. 24.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Respected judges, (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) What’s up, everyone?
26. 26.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Hey guys! (d) You won’t believe this!
28. 28.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) Hey guys! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) I would like to begin by
29. 29.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Respected judges, (d) So, like, yeah
31. 31.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) lots of difficult terms (b) only big numbers (c) long, hard words (d) short, simple words
32. 32.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Hey guys! (d) It is my privilege to
33. 33.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
34. 34.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) would like (b) grateful (c) gonna (d) going to
36. 36.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Oi, all of you (b) Yo, listen up (c) Good morning, everyone (d) Hey guys, what’s up
38. 38.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) It is my privilege to
39. 39.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) True (b) False

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