Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 508 · 40 questions

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!”.

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

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