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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 325 · 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.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Yo” (b) “Hiya” (c) “Sup” (d) “Good morning”
  2. 2.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Cool, catch you later!” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  3. 3.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I look forward to hearing from you.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  6. 6.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
  8. 8.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) rude and short (b) silly and loud (c) polite and formal (d) slangy and casual
  9. 9.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “I am not sure.” (b) “No clue, man.” (c) “Dunno.” (d) “Who knows?”
  10. 10.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  14. 14.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  15. 15.True or false: speaking to a panel of judges needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) formal (b) informal
  18. 18.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  22. 22.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Thank you very much.” (b) “Ta!” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Tysm!!”
  24. 24.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  25. 25.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  30. 30.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) kinda (b) wanna (c) gotta (d) going to
  31. 31.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  33. 33.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  36. 36.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.💬 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
  38. 38.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  39. 39.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) informal (b) formal
  40. 40.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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