Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 878 · 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: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🏫 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Respected judges, (d) I would like to begin by
4. 4.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) It is my privilege to (d) You won’t believe this!
5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
6. 6.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
8. 8.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) long, hard words (b) lots of difficult terms (c) only big numbers (d) short, simple words
9. 9.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Respected judges, (c) Good morning, respected (d) I would like to begin by
10. 10.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
11. 11.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) I would like to begin by
13. 13.Which of these is an informal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) I would like to begin by (c) Good morning, respected (d) Esteemed guests,
14. 14.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
15. 15.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a formal line? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Hey guys! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Respected judges,
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Hey guys! (c) Respected judges, (d) Kindly allow me to begin
18. 18.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
19. 19.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
20. 20.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Guess what happened! (c) Respected judges, (d) Esteemed guests,
21. 21.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
23. 23.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) formal (b) informal
24. 24.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) I would like to begin by (c) So, like, yeah (d) Esteemed guests,
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) formal (b) informal
27. 27.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
28. 28.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
29. 29.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) bored and flat (b) slangy and rude (c) silly and loud (d) polite and formal
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) I would like to begin by (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Gonna tell you something
31. 31.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) I would like to begin by (c) So, like, yeah (d) Guess what happened!
32. 32.True or false: planning a game at break time needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: planning a game at break time needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
36. 36.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
38. 38.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) formal (b) informal
39. 39.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) False (b) True

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