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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 362 · 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.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) formal (b) informal
  2. 2.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💬 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
  4. 4.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Who knows?” (b) “No clue, man.” (c) “I am not sure.” (d) “Dunno.”
  5. 5.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Thank you for this opportunity.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  7. 7.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Good morning” (b) “Sup” (c) “Yo” (d) “Hiya”
  8. 8.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plz (b) plss (c) please (d) pleeease
  9. 9.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Cool, catch you later!” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  10. 10.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) informal (b) formal
  12. 12.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) slangy and casual (b) rude and short (c) polite and formal (d) silly and loud
  14. 14.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I am writing to apply for the role.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) informal (b) formal
  19. 19.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a phone call to a hospital reception needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
  24. 24.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) informal (b) formal
  25. 25.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yes” (b) “Ya” (c) “Yeah” (d) “Yup”
  26. 26.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  28. 28.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) gotta (b) wanna (c) kinda (d) going to
  29. 29.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  30. 30.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Ta!” (b) “Thank you very much.” (c) “Tysm!!” (d) “Thx!”
  32. 32.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  34. 34.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line

Answer key

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

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