Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 676 · 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.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) your lunch plans (b) who your audience is (c) the colour of the stage (d) the length of the mic
2. 2.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) lots of difficult terms (b) only big numbers (c) long, hard words (d) short, simple words
3. 3.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) would like (b) gonna (c) grateful (d) going to
4. 4.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Esteemed guests, (c) So, like, yeah (d) Respected judges,
6. 6.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
8. 8.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) formal (b) informal
10. 10.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
11. 11.True or false: a vote of thanks needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (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.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Good morning, everyone (b) Oi, all of you (c) Yo, listen up (d) Hey guys, what’s up
15. 15.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) So, like, yeah (c) Guess what happened! (d) Kindly allow me to begin
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Respected judges, (d) What’s up, everyone?
17. 17.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) I would like to begin by (d) It is my privilege to
18. 18.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
19. 19.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
20. 20.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Guess what happened! (c) So, like, yeah (d) It is my privilege to
21. 21.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Hey guys!
23. 23.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Guess what happened! (c) So, like, yeah (d) Gonna tell you something
25. 25.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) formal (b) informal
27. 27.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Kindly allow me to begin
28. 28.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
29. 29.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Guess what happened!
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) So, like, yeah (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Gonna tell you something
31. 31.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
33. 33.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) I would like to begin by (d) Hey guys!
34. 34.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) So, like, yeah (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Gonna tell you something
37. 37.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) It is my privilege to (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Good morning, respected
38. 38.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.👨‍🏫 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
40. 40.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line

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