Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 646 · 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.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) lots of difficult terms (b) only big numbers (c) short, simple words (d) long, hard words
2. 2.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Good morning, everyone (b) Hey guys, what’s up (c) Oi, all of you (d) Yo, listen up
5. 5.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) It is my privilege to (c) Esteemed guests, (d) What’s up, everyone?
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
8. 8.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Respected judges, (d) Gonna tell you something
10. 10.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
12. 12.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Guess what happened! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Hey guys!
13. 13.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) It is my privilege to (c) So, like, yeah (d) Kindly allow me to begin
15. 15.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) It is my privilege to (d) Hey guys!
17. 17.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
18. 18.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Good morning, respected (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Respected judges,
19. 19.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Guess what happened! (c) Good morning, respected (d) It is my privilege to
20. 20.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Hey guys! (d) Respected judges,
22. 22.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Guess what happened! (c) Hey guys! (d) I would like to begin by
25. 25.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Hey guys! (d) Kindly allow me to begin
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Guess what happened!
28. 28.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) going to (b) grateful (c) gonna (d) would like
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) I would like to begin by (d) What’s up, everyone?
30. 30.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) your lunch plans (b) who your audience is (c) the length of the mic (d) the colour of the stage
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Good morning, respected (c) Respected judges, (d) Hey guys!
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Guess what happened! (c) Respected judges, (d) What’s up, everyone?
35. 35.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) silly and loud (b) polite and formal (c) bored and flat (d) slangy and rude
36. 36.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Hey guys! (d) Guess what happened!
38. 38.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
39. 39.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
40. 40.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line

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