Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 68 · 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 vote of thanks needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧒 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
3. 3.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) polite and formal (b) silly and loud (c) bored and flat (d) slangy and rude
4. 4.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
6. 6.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
8. 8.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) your lunch plans (b) the colour of the stage (c) who your audience is (d) the length of the mic
10. 10.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
13. 13.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Respected judges, (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Guess what happened!
14. 14.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
15. 15.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) You won’t believe this! (d) So, like, yeah
17. 17.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
18. 18.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Guess what happened!
20. 20.🏫 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
21. 21.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Respected judges, (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Guess what happened!
23. 23.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a vote of thanks? (a) formal (b) informal
24. 24.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
25. 25.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
26. 26.True or false: an inter-school debate needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) It is my privilege to (d) So, like, yeah
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Esteemed guests, (c) It is my privilege to (d) I would like to begin by
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Good morning, respected (c) Guess what happened! (d) Gonna tell you something
30. 30.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Good morning, respected (c) Respected judges, (d) What’s up, everyone?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) I would like to begin by (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Hey guys!
32. 32.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Respected judges, (d) Hey guys!
33. 33.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) informal (b) formal
35. 35.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) formal (b) informal
38. 38.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) I would like to begin by (c) Guess what happened! (d) What’s up, everyone?
39. 39.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line

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