Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 331 · 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 speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
2. 2.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
3. 3.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) So, like, yeah (c) Guess what happened! (d) You won’t believe this!
4. 4.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
5. 5.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) It is my privilege to (c) Guess what happened! (d) I would like to begin by
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) informal (b) formal
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal
8. 8.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
10. 10.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Good morning, respected (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Guess what happened!
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) lots of difficult terms (b) only big numbers (c) short, simple words (d) long, hard words
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) So, like, yeah (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Good morning, respected
14. 14.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Hey guys! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Guess what happened!
16. 16.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
17. 17.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
18. 18.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
19. 19.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
20. 20.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Esteemed guests,
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) It is my privilege to (c) Guess what happened! (d) Gonna tell you something
24. 24.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
25. 25.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) I would like to begin by (d) Good morning, respected
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
27. 27.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
28. 28.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) I would like to begin by (c) Esteemed guests, (d) What’s up, everyone?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Hey guys! (c) Respected judges, (d) Guess what happened!
31. 31.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Yo, listen up (b) Good morning, everyone (c) Hey guys, what’s up (d) Oi, all of you
32. 32.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Hey guys! (d) Gonna tell you something
33. 33.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Respected judges,
34. 34.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) So, like, yeah (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Good morning, respected
38. 38.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
39. 39.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a report to the Principal needs informal language. (a) False (b) True

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