Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 391 · 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.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) informal (b) formal
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Guess what happened! (c) Good morning, respected (d) So, like, yeah
4. 4.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Good morning, respected (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Guess what happened!
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) It is my privilege to (c) So, like, yeah (d) Respected judges,
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) You won’t believe this! (c) It is my privilege to (d) So, like, yeah
7. 7.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) the colour of the stage (b) the length of the mic (c) your lunch plans (d) who your audience is
8. 8.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Hey guys! (d) Esteemed guests,
10. 10.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Good morning, respected
12. 12.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) So, like, yeah (c) Hey guys! (d) Respected judges,
13. 13.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
14. 14.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Hey guys! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) I would like to begin by
16. 16.Which of these is an informal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Respected judges, (d) Esteemed guests,
17. 17.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Oi, all of you (b) Hey guys, what’s up (c) Good morning, everyone (d) Yo, listen up
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Respected judges, (c) I would like to begin by (d) Kindly allow me to begin
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) I would like to begin by (d) Gonna tell you something
20. 20.True or false: a report to the Principal needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) So, like, yeah (d) Good morning, respected
22. 22.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
23. 23.True or false: a vote of thanks needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) formal (b) informal
25. 25.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
26. 26.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
27. 27.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
28. 28.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) polite and formal (c) slangy and rude (d) silly and loud
29. 29.True or false: planning a game at break time needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) only big numbers (b) short, simple words (c) long, hard words (d) lots of difficult terms
31. 31.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) would like (b) grateful (c) gonna (d) going to
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 a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) I would like to begin by (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Guess what happened!
35. 35.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) Esteemed guests, (c) So, like, yeah (d) You won’t believe this!
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
38. 38.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
39. 39.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line

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