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Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 868 · 40 questions
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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”.

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

Answer key

  1. a formal line
  2. Respected judges,
  3. formal
  4. What’s up, everyone?
  5. I would like to begin by
  6. a formal line
  7. informal
  8. formal
  9. formal
  10. True
  11. False
  12. I would like to begin by
  13. True
  14. True
  15. False
  16. Good morning, respected
  17. True
  18. False
  19. informal
  20. True
  21. It is my privilege to
  22. an informal line
  23. a formal line
  24. False
  25. Guess what happened!
  26. a formal line
  27. a formal line
  28. Guess what happened!
  29. formal
  30. So, like, yeah
  31. formal
  32. You won’t believe this!
  33. informal
  34. True
  35. What’s up, everyone?
  36. gonna
  37. False
  38. short, simple words
  39. informal
  40. an informal line

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