Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 903 · 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.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Guess what happened!
2. 2.🗣️ Which word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) would like (b) grateful (c) going to (d) gonna
3. 3.True or false: a report to the Principal needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a report to the Principal needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) informal (b) formal
7. 7.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) formal (b) informal
8. 8.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) only big numbers (b) long, hard words (c) lots of difficult terms (d) short, simple words
9. 9.True or false: a vote of thanks needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) So, like, yeah (c) Guess what happened! (d) Esteemed guests,
11. 11.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Respected judges,
13. 13.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Yo, listen up (b) Hey guys, what’s up (c) Oi, all of you (d) Good morning, everyone
14. 14.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
15. 15.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) It is my privilege to (c) Guess what happened! (d) What’s up, everyone?
16. 16.💬 Is “Good morning, respected” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
17. 17.👨‍🏫 Your audience is parents and teachers at a meeting. Which tone fits? (a) slangy and rude (b) bored and flat (c) polite and formal (d) silly and loud
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) Gonna tell you something (c) You won’t believe this! (d) Good morning, respected
19. 19.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Guess what happened! (d) Kindly allow me to begin
20. 20.Which of these is a formal line? (a) So, like, yeah (b) Respected judges, (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Hey guys!
21. 21.True or false: an interview for school captain needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
23. 23.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
24. 24.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) formal (b) informal
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Respected judges, (b) Hey guys! (c) It is my privilege to (d) Kindly allow me to begin
26. 26.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) What’s up, everyone? (c) Good morning, respected (d) Gonna tell you something
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Esteemed guests, (b) Good morning, respected (c) You won’t believe this! (d) It is my privilege to
28. 28.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
29. 29.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
30. 30.True or false: an inter-school debate needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) formal (b) informal
32. 32.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Good morning, respected (d) Kindly allow me to begin
34. 34.🎯 Before choosing your words, what should you think about first? (a) your lunch plans (b) the colour of the stage (c) who your audience is (d) the length of the mic
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) What’s up, everyone? (b) So, like, yeah (c) It is my privilege to (d) Gonna tell you something
36. 36.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) Good morning, respected
37. 37.Which of these is an informal line? (a) Respected judges, (b) It is my privilege to (c) Good morning, respected (d) So, like, yeah
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Hey guys! (b) I would like to begin by (c) Gonna tell you something (d) You won’t believe this!
39. 39.Which of these is an informal line? (a) It is my privilege to (b) I would like to begin by (c) Gonna tell you something (d) Respected judges,
40. 40.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a vote of thanks? (a) formal (b) informal

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