Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 655 · 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 birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
2. 2.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
3. 3.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
5. 5.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
6. 6.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
7. 7.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Gonna tell you something
10. 10.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Oi, all of you (b) Good morning, everyone (c) Yo, listen up (d) Hey guys, what’s up
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Respected judges, (c) It is my privilege to (d) I would like to begin by
12. 12.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
13. 13.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) formal (b) informal
14. 14.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) silly and loud (c) slangy and rude (d) polite and formal
15. 15.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) Good morning, respected (c) It is my privilege to (d) So, like, yeah
17. 17.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) going to (b) gonna (c) would like (d) grateful
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Hey guys! (c) You won’t believe this! (d) It is my privilege to
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Good morning, respected (d) Kindly allow me to begin
20. 20.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Hey guys! (c) Good morning, respected (d) Respected judges,
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Hey guys! (d) So, like, yeah
22. 22.Which of these is an informal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Respected judges, (c) Good morning, respected (d) Esteemed guests,
23. 23.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) It is my privilege to (c) I would like to begin by (d) You won’t believe this!
24. 24.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) It is my privilege to (c) Good morning, respected (d) I would like to begin by
28. 28.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
29. 29.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
30. 30.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) I would like to begin by (d) Gonna tell you something
31. 31.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
34. 34.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
35. 35.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
36. 36.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Respected judges, (d) Gonna tell you something
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) informal (b) formal
38. 38.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧒 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
40. 40.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line

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