Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 669 · 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) only big numbers (b) short, simple words (c) long, hard words (d) lots of difficult terms
2. 2.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) Respected judges, (d) Gonna tell you something
5. 5.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) So, like, yeah (d) Hey guys!
9. 9.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
11. 11.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) the colour of the stage (b) the length of the mic (c) who your audience is (d) your lunch plans
12. 12.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
13. 13.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Respected judges, (c) Esteemed guests, (d) So, like, yeah
15. 15.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
16. 16.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) So, like, yeah (c) It is my privilege to (d) Good morning, respected
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Good morning, respected
19. 19.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Esteemed guests, (d) So, like, yeah
20. 20.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Good morning, everyone (b) Oi, all of you (c) Hey guys, what’s up (d) Yo, listen up
22. 22.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
23. 23.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
24. 24.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
25. 25.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) So, like, yeah
26. 26.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) polite and formal (b) bored and flat (c) silly and loud (d) slangy and rude
27. 27.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
28. 28.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
29. 29.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) grateful (b) gonna (c) going to (d) would like
31. 31.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
33. 33.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
34. 34.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
35. 35.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Guess what happened! (d) Hey guys!
37. 37.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Guess what happened! (c) So, like, yeah (d) It is my privilege to
39. 39.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Good morning, respected (c) Hey guys! (d) Guess what happened!
40. 40.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal

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