Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 887 · 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 formal language. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Good morning, respected (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Respected judges,
3. 3.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) silly and loud (b) bored and flat (c) polite and formal (d) slangy and rude
4. 4.💬 Is “So, like, yeah” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
5. 5.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Oi, all of you (b) Good morning, everyone (c) Hey guys, what’s up (d) Yo, listen up
7. 7.True or false: a report to the Principal needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) formal (b) informal
10. 10.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
11. 11.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) grateful (b) going to (c) would like (d) gonna
12. 12.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
13. 13.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) short, simple words (b) only big numbers (c) lots of difficult terms (d) long, hard words
14. 14.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) who your audience is (b) your lunch plans (c) the length of the mic (d) the colour of the stage
15. 15.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) You won’t believe this! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Guess what happened!
16. 16.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a formal line? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Hey guys! (c) Guess what happened! (d) It is my privilege to
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) Guess what happened! (c) What’s up, everyone? (d) Good morning, respected
19. 19.True or false: chatting with friends at lunch needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Hey guys! (d) Guess what happened!
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) It is my privilege to (b) Gonna tell you something (c) So, like, yeah (d) Hey guys!
22. 22.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
23. 23.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Respected judges, (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Guess what happened!
25. 25.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
26. 26.True or false: telling your family about your day needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
28. 28.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
29. 29.True or false: a report to the Principal needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Guess what happened! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) It is my privilege to
31. 31.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) formal (b) informal
33. 33.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Good morning, respected
35. 35.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Hey guys! (d) Respected judges,
37. 37.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Good morning, respected (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Guess what happened! (d) Hey guys!
39. 39.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) True (b) False

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