Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 538 · 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.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Respected judges, (c) Good morning, respected (d) Esteemed guests,
2. 2.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) slangy and rude (b) bored and flat (c) polite and formal (d) silly and loud
4. 4.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) long, hard words (b) lots of difficult terms (c) only big numbers (d) short, simple words
6. 6.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
7. 7.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) the colour of the stage (b) your lunch plans (c) who your audience is (d) the length of the mic
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Hey guys!
9. 9.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) It is my privilege to (c) I would like to begin by (d) You won’t believe this!
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) I would like to begin by (d) Gonna tell you something
14. 14.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) gonna (b) going to (c) would like (d) grateful
15. 15.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
16. 16.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
17. 17.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) formal (b) informal
19. 19.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
20. 20.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) So, like, yeah
23. 23.Which of these is an informal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) I would like to begin by (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Good morning, respected
24. 24.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Hey guys! (c) Respected judges, (d) Kindly allow me to begin
25. 25.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
26. 26.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
27. 27.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Good morning, respected (c) Respected judges, (d) Gonna tell you something
29. 29.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
30. 30.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) Guess what happened! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) It is my privilege to
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Hey guys!
35. 35.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
36. 36.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) It is my privilege to (c) Guess what happened! (d) Respected judges,
38. 38.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs informal language. (a) True (b) False

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