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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 157 · 40 questions
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Tip (Person first, then words): Formal: emails to the principal, interviews, calls to offices, letters, your supervisor at work, a panel of judges. Informal: friends, cousins, family chats, birthday messages, planning a picnic. Formal words in full: “going to”, not “gonna”; “please”, not “pls”; “Yes”, not “Yup”; “Thank you very much”, not “Thx!”.

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  1. 1.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) informal (b) formal
  3. 3.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  5. 5.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) slangy and casual (b) rude and short (c) silly and loud (d) polite and formal
  6. 6.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Please let me know if you need anything else.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  7. 7.True or false: a call to a college office needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  9. 9.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Ta!” (b) “Tysm!!” (c) “Thank you very much.” (d) “Thx!”
  10. 10.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Dunno.” (b) “Who knows?” (c) “No clue, man.” (d) “I am not sure.”
  13. 13.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  14. 14.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Thank you for this opportunity.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  16. 16.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) wanna (b) gotta (c) kinda (d) going to
  18. 18.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  19. 19.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) informal (b) formal
  20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) informal (b) formal
  21. 21.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) informal (b) formal
  23. 23.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yes” (b) “Yup” (c) “Yeah” (d) “Ya”
  34. 34.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plss (b) pleeease (c) plz (d) please
  36. 36.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  37. 37.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: speaking to a panel of judges needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) the time on the clock (b) your shoe size (c) who you are talking to (d) the weather

Answer key

  1. False
  2. formal
  3. informal
  4. informal
  5. polite and formal
  6. a formal line
  7. False
  8. a formal line
  9. “Thank you very much.”
  10. True
  11. False
  12. “I am not sure.”
  13. informal
  14. False
  15. a formal line
  16. True
  17. going to
  18. an informal line
  19. formal
  20. informal
  21. True
  22. formal
  23. False
  24. True
  25. True
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. False
  33. “Yes”
  34. False
  35. please
  36. an informal line
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. who you are talking to

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