Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 628 · 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: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Respected judges, (c) Good morning, respected (d) Esteemed guests,
3. 3.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
4. 4.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
5. 5.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Good morning, everyone (b) Yo, listen up (c) Hey guys, what’s up (d) Oi, all of you
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
7. 7.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) silly and loud (b) slangy and rude (c) polite and formal (d) bored and flat
8. 8.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
9. 9.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Hey guys! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Esteemed guests,
11. 11.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) short, simple words (b) long, hard words (c) only big numbers (d) lots of difficult terms
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) So, like, yeah (d) Good morning, respected
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Esteemed guests, (c) So, like, yeah (d) Good morning, respected
15. 15.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) I would like to begin by
16. 16.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
17. 17.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
18. 18.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Respected judges, (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Hey guys!
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Guess what happened! (d) Hey guys!
20. 20.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
21. 21.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
22. 22.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
23. 23.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) What’s up, everyone?
24. 24.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) your lunch plans (b) the colour of the stage (c) the length of the mic (d) who your audience is
25. 25.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Gonna tell you something (d) It is my privilege to
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
27. 27.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
28. 28.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a vote of thanks? (a) formal (b) informal
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Hey guys! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) I would like to begin by
31. 31.True or false: a vote of thanks needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) I would like to begin by (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Respected judges,
33. 33.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Esteemed guests, (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Guess what happened!
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Kindly allow me to begin
35. 35.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Gonna tell you something (c) So, like, yeah (d) Respected judges,
36. 36.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
38. 38.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) gonna (b) would like (c) grateful (d) going to
40. 40.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) informal (b) formal

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