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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 473 · 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.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  4. 4.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  5. 5.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) your shoe size (b) the time on the clock (c) who you are talking to (d) the weather
  6. 6.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Ta!” (b) “Thx!” (c) “Thank you very much.” (d) “Tysm!!”
  7. 7.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  8. 8.True or false: a scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) pleeease (b) plz (c) plss (d) please
  10. 10.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  11. 11.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Ya” (b) “Yes” (c) “Yeah” (d) “Yup”
  12. 12.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  13. 13.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I look forward to hearing from you.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  14. 14.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Thank you for this opportunity.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  15. 15.True or false: a phone call to a hospital reception needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) formal (b) informal
  17. 17.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  18. 18.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) formal (b) informal
  21. 21.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  22. 22.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Hiya” (b) “Yo” (c) “Good morning” (d) “Sup”
  23. 23.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a scholarship interview needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) formal (b) informal
  26. 26.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) gotta (b) kinda (c) going to (d) wanna
  27. 27.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  31. 31.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  32. 32.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Who knows?” (b) “No clue, man.” (c) “Dunno.” (d) “I am not sure.”
  35. 35.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) formal (b) informal
  36. 36.True or false: a call to a college office needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  38. 38.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  39. 39.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) formal (b) informal
  40. 40.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal

Answer key

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

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