Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 735 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Hey guys! (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Esteemed guests,
2. 2.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Respected judges, (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Gonna tell you something
3. 3.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
4. 4.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Hey guys! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Gonna tell you something
5. 5.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) silly and loud (c) polite and formal (d) slangy and rude
6. 6.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
8. 8.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) I would like to begin by (d) So, like, yeah
10. 10.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Good morning, respected (c) Hey guys! (d) So, like, yeah
13. 13.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Guess what happened! (c) It is my privilege to (d) You won’t believe this!
15. 15.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Respected judges, (d) It is my privilege to
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) I would like to begin by (c) Respected judges, (d) Esteemed guests,
17. 17.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
18. 18.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Respected judges, (d) Good morning, respected
20. 20.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) short, simple words (b) only big numbers (c) long, hard words (d) lots of difficult terms
21. 21.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Yo, listen up (b) Oi, all of you (c) Good morning, everyone (d) Hey guys, what’s up
22. 22.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) So, like, yeah (c) Gonna tell you something (d) What’s up, everyone?
25. 25.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
26. 26.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Good morning, respected (c) I would like to begin by (d) Gonna tell you something
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Esteemed guests, (d) So, like, yeah
28. 28.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal
29. 29.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a vote of thanks needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) formal (b) informal
33. 33.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
34. 34.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) So, like, yeah (c) Gonna tell you something (d) You won’t believe this!
35. 35.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) Good morning, respected (c) Esteemed guests, (d) I would like to begin by
38. 38.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
39. 39.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) So, like, yeah (d) Good morning, respected

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