Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 525 · 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.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Respected judges, (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) I would like to begin by
3. 3.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) informal (b) formal
4. 4.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Good morning, everyone (b) Yo, listen up (c) Oi, all of you (d) Hey guys, what’s up
5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
6. 6.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
7. 7.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) silly and loud (b) bored and flat (c) slangy and rude (d) polite and formal
9. 9.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Guess what happened! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Hey guys!
10. 10.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
12. 12.Which of these is an informal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) I would like to begin by (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Kindly allow me to begin
13. 13.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
14. 14.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) It is my privilege to (c) So, like, yeah (d) Gonna tell you something
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Hey guys!
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Gonna tell you something (c) It is my privilege to (d) Good morning, respected
17. 17.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal
18. 18.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧒 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
21. 21.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) Hey guys! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Guess what happened!
22. 22.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
23. 23.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
24. 24.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
25. 25.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) So, like, yeah (d) Good morning, respected
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
27. 27.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) It is my privilege to (d) Respected judges,
29. 29.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
30. 30.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
32. 32.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) Guess what happened! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Gonna tell you something
34. 34.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Guess what happened! (d) What’s up, everyone?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Good morning, respected (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Guess what happened!
38. 38.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
39. 39.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Hey guys! (c) So, like, yeah (d) I would like to begin by
40. 40.True or false: telling your family about your day needs informal language. (a) False (b) True

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