Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 902 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) Respected judges, (c) So, like, yeah (d) Good morning, respected
3. 3.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
4. 4.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) Guess what happened! (c) Gonna tell you something (d) So, like, yeah
5. 5.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
7. 7.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Hey guys, what’s up (b) Oi, all of you (c) Yo, listen up (d) Good morning, everyone
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) It is my privilege to (d) Guess what happened!
9. 9.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an inter-school debate? (a) informal (b) formal
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.True or false: a video call with your grandparents needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Respected judges, (d) Kindly allow me to begin
14. 14.True or false: reading the news in assembly needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: welcoming the chief guest needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Good morning, respected (c) Respected judges, (d) Hey guys!
17. 17.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) informal (b) formal
18. 18.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a vote of thanks? (a) formal (b) informal
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) I would like to begin by (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Hey guys!
20. 20.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
21. 21.Which of these is a formal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Gonna tell you something (d) So, like, yeah
22. 22.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) would like (b) gonna (c) going to (d) grateful
23. 23.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) short, simple words (b) only big numbers (c) long, hard words (d) lots of difficult terms
24. 24.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) informal (b) formal
25. 25.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
27. 27.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) polite and formal (b) slangy and rude (c) silly and loud (d) bored and flat
28. 28.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Esteemed guests,
29. 29.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) I would like to begin by (d) Good morning, respected
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Hey guys! (c) Esteemed guests, (d) What’s up, everyone?
31. 31.Which of these is a formal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Hey guys! (c) So, like, yeah (d) Gonna tell you something
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for telling your family about your day? (a) formal (b) informal
33. 33.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
34. 34.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for welcoming the chief guest? (a) formal (b) informal
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) I would like to begin by (d) Respected judges,
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Esteemed guests, (d) What’s up, everyone?
37. 37.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
38. 38.True or false: a report to the Principal needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) formal (b) informal
40. 40.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) False (b) True

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