Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 741 · 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 parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) polite and formal (b) bored and flat (c) slangy and rude (d) silly and loud
2. 2.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) informal (b) formal
3. 3.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) informal (b) formal
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Hey guys!
5. 5.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
8. 8.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) grateful (b) going to (c) gonna (d) would like
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Guess what happened! (d) So, like, yeah
10. 10.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.True or false: a vote of thanks needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
14. 14.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Guess what happened! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Gonna tell you something
16. 16.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
18. 18.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) So, like, yeah (d) Guess what happened!
19. 19.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) So, like, yeah (c) Respected judges, (d) It is my privilege to
22. 22.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Hey guys, what’s up (b) Good morning, everyone (c) Oi, all of you (d) Yo, listen up
23. 23.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
24. 24.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
25. 25.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Hey guys! (c) It is my privilege to (d) Guess what happened!
26. 26.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
28. 28.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
29. 29.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
30. 30.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
32. 32.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Hey guys! (d) So, like, yeah
34. 34.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) It is my privilege to (c) Respected judges, (d) Esteemed guests,
35. 35.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) So, like, yeah (c) Gonna tell you something (d) I would like to begin by
36. 36.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Respected judges, (c) Gonna tell you something (d) What’s up, everyone?
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
38. 38.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) short, simple words (b) lots of difficult terms (c) long, hard words (d) only big numbers
39. 39.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Good morning, respected (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Gonna tell you something
40. 40.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False

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