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Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 348 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Respected judges, (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Esteemed guests,
  2. 2.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  3. 3.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  4. 4.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  6. 6.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
  9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
  10. 10.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) I would like to begin by (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Hey guys!
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Guess what happened!
  13. 13.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) Hey guys! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Gonna tell you something
  15. 15.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) formal (b) informal
  16. 16.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Guess what happened! (c) Respected judges, (d) Kindly allow me to begin
  17. 17.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Guess what happened! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Gonna tell you something
  18. 18.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) informal (b) formal
  19. 19.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Respected judges, (d) It is my privilege to
  20. 20.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  22. 22.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Good morning, respected (d) Hey guys!
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Guess what happened! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) So, like, yeah
  25. 25.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) formal (b) informal
  27. 27.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  28. 28.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  30. 30.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Respected judges, (c) Good morning, respected (d) Hey guys!
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) Guess what happened! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) You won’t believe this!
  32. 32.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  33. 33.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) polite and formal (c) silly and loud (d) slangy and rude
  35. 35.True or false: a report to the Principal needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) long, hard words (b) only big numbers (c) lots of difficult terms (d) short, simple words
  37. 37.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Good morning, respected (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) It is my privilege to
  38. 38.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line

Answer key

  1. You won’t believe this!
  2. a formal line
  3. an informal line
  4. False
  5. a formal line
  6. True
  7. False
  8. formal
  9. formal
  10. False
  11. Hey guys!
  12. Guess what happened!
  13. True
  14. Respected judges,
  15. informal
  16. Guess what happened!
  17. Kindly allow me to begin
  18. formal
  19. Gonna tell you something
  20. True
  21. an informal line
  22. False
  23. Good morning, respected
  24. Esteemed guests,
  25. False
  26. formal
  27. a formal line
  28. False
  29. a formal line
  30. Hey guys!
  31. Kindly allow me to begin
  32. a formal line
  33. False
  34. polite and formal
  35. True
  36. short, simple words
  37. What’s up, everyone?
  38. True
  39. False
  40. an informal line

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