Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 825 · 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.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) informal (b) formal
2. 2.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Hey guys! (d) What’s up, everyone?
3. 3.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
5. 5.🏫 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
6. 6.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) slangy and rude (c) polite and formal (d) silly and loud
7. 7.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
8. 8.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: an interview for school captain needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
13. 13.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) You won’t believe this! (d) So, like, yeah
14. 14.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
17. 17.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
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.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
21. 21.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Guess what happened! (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Good morning, respected
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) It is my privilege to (c) Respected judges, (d) I would like to begin by
24. 24.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Respected judges, (c) I would like to begin by (d) What’s up, everyone?
25. 25.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Guess what happened! (d) It is my privilege to
26. 26.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Respected judges,
28. 28.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) I would like to begin by (d) Kindly allow me to begin
29. 29.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
30. 30.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
31. 31.True or false: planning a game at break time needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
33. 33.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Esteemed guests, (c) It is my privilege to (d) What’s up, everyone?
35. 35.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) So, like, yeah (c) I would like to begin by (d) Guess what happened!
38. 38.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) informal (b) formal
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) It is my privilege to (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) I would like to begin by
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Respected judges, (c) Guess what happened! (d) So, like, yeah

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