Public Speaking Worksheet: Formal and Informal Speech

Public speaking lesson 7: Speaking to different audiences · Set 969 · 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 word is too informal for a speech to judges? (a) grateful (b) gonna (c) going to (d) would like
2. 2.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for an interview for school captain? (a) formal (b) informal
3. 3.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for reading the news in assembly? (a) informal (b) formal
4. 4.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a birthday party with your cousins? (a) informal (b) formal
5. 5.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a sleepover with your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
6. 6.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a video call with your grandparents? (a) informal (b) formal
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) You won’t believe this! (b) So, like, yeah (c) Hey guys! (d) It is my privilege to
8. 8.True or false: a birthday party with your cousins needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for planning a game at break time? (a) informal (b) formal
10. 10.True or false: a talk at a parent–teacher meeting needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a talk at a parent–teacher meeting? (a) informal (b) formal
12. 12.💬 Is “Kindly allow me to begin” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
13. 13.🏫 Which is the best way to start a speech in morning assembly? (a) Yo, listen up (b) Oi, all of you (c) Hey guys, what’s up (d) Good morning, everyone
14. 14.🧒 Your audience is Class 2 children. What words should you use? (a) long, hard words (b) short, simple words (c) only big numbers (d) lots of difficult terms
15. 15.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a speech at the Annual Day function? (a) informal (b) formal
16. 16.💬 Is “Guess what happened!” 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) bored and flat (b) silly and loud (c) slangy and rude (d) polite and formal
18. 18.True or false: telling your family about your day needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.💬 Is “Esteemed guests,” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
20. 20.Which of these is an informal line? (a) I would like to begin by (b) Esteemed guests, (c) Kindly allow me to begin (d) What’s up, everyone?
21. 21.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for a report to the Principal? (a) informal (b) formal
22. 22.True or false: a speech at the Annual Day function needs formal language. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎩 Should your language be formal or informal for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
24. 24.💬 Is “Gonna tell you something” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Gonna tell you something (b) Respected judges, (c) Esteemed guests, (d) Kindly allow me to begin
26. 26.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs informal language. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a report to the Principal needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Kindly allow me to begin (c) Gonna tell you something (d) So, like, yeah
29. 29.Which of these is a formal line? (a) Hey guys! (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Guess what happened! (d) Respected judges,
30. 30.💬 Is “It is my privilege to” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) So, like, yeah (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Respected judges, (d) Hey guys!
32. 32.💬 Is “You won’t believe this!” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
33. 33.💬 Is “I would like to begin by” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
34. 34.True or false: telling your family about your day needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a sleepover with your best friend needs formal language. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.💬 Is “Respected judges,” a formal or an informal line? (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
37. 37.True or false: planning a game at break time needs informal language. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kindly allow me to begin (b) You won’t believe this! (c) Good morning, respected (d) Esteemed guests,
39. 39.💬 Is “What’s up, everyone?” a formal or an informal line? (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Guess what happened! (b) Hey guys! (c) I would like to begin by (d) Gonna tell you something

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