Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 745 · 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: telling your family about your day needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) lots of difficult terms (b) long, hard words (c) only big numbers (d) short, simple words
3. 3.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) formal (b) informal
6. 6.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
8. 8.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) polite and formal (c) silly and loud (d) slangy and rude
9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
10. 10.💬 Is “Hey guys!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for chatting with friends at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a formal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Guess what happened! (c) So, like, yeah (d) Gonna tell you something
14. 14.True or false: a report to the Principal needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
16. 16.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
17. 17.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Respected judges, (d) It is my privilege to
18. 18.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) the length of the mic (b) who your audience is (c) the colour of the stage (d) your lunch plans
19. 19.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
20. 20.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Good morning, respected (c) Hey guys! (d) Respected judges,
22. 22.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Yo, listen up (b) Good morning, everyone (c) Oi, all of you (d) Hey guys, what’s up
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) I would like to begin by (c) Good morning, respected (d) You won’t believe this!
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Hey guys! (d) You won’t believe this!
25. 25.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Respected judges, (d) What’s up, everyone?
28. 28.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a vote of thanks? (a) informal (b) formal
29. 29.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Good morning, respected (c) You won’t believe this! (d) It is my privilege to
30. 30.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
31. 31.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
32. 32.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Guess what happened! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) You won’t believe this!
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Hey guys! (d) Respected judges,
36. 36.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
37. 37.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
38. 38.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) informal (b) formal
40. 40.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) gonna (b) going to (c) would like (d) grateful

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