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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 315 · 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: planning a picnic with friends needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  3. 3.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yup” (b) “Ya” (c) “Yes” (d) “Yeah”
  5. 5.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  6. 6.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  7. 7.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) formal (b) informal
  8. 8.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) informal (b) formal
  9. 9.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  14. 14.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) wanna (b) going to (c) gotta (d) kinda
  15. 15.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  16. 16.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Good morning” (b) “Hiya” (c) “Yo” (d) “Sup”
  17. 17.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  23. 23.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) informal (b) formal
  24. 24.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  25. 25.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  26. 26.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “I am not sure.” (b) “Dunno.” (c) “No clue, man.” (d) “Who knows?”
  28. 28.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  29. 29.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) informal (b) formal
  30. 30.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Please let me know if you need anything else.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  31. 31.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) pleeease (b) plz (c) plss (d) please
  35. 35.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I am writing to apply for the role.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  37. 37.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I look forward to hearing from you.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  38. 38.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  39. 39.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  40. 40.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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