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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 386 · 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 scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) formal (b) informal
  3. 3.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  4. 4.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plz (b) please (c) pleeease (d) plss
  5. 5.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  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.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  10. 10.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Ya” (b) “Yes” (c) “Yup” (d) “Yeah”
  11. 11.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  16. 16.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  17. 17.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) formal (b) informal
  18. 18.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  22. 22.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Thank you very much.” (b) “Tysm!!” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Ta!”
  24. 24.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) formal (b) informal
  25. 25.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Sup” (b) “Hiya” (c) “Yo” (d) “Good morning”
  26. 26.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Who knows?” (b) “Dunno.” (c) “I am not sure.” (d) “No clue, man.”
  28. 28.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) informal (b) formal
  30. 30.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  31. 31.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Cool, catch you later!” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  33. 33.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  34. 34.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) formal (b) informal
  35. 35.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) who you are talking to (b) the time on the clock (c) the weather (d) your shoe size
  36. 36.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) informal (b) formal
  37. 37.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) kinda (b) wanna (c) gotta (d) going to
  38. 38.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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