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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 512 · 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 a call to a college office? (a) informal (b) formal
  2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  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.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) informal (b) formal
  5. 5.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
  6. 6.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Good morning” (b) “Yo” (c) “Sup” (d) “Hiya”
  10. 10.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  17. 17.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) going to (b) kinda (c) wanna (d) gotta
  19. 19.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  20. 20.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Cool, catch you later!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  22. 22.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  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: “Cool, catch you later!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  28. 28.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plz (b) please (c) pleeease (d) plss
  30. 30.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  32. 32.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) informal (b) formal
  33. 33.🧭 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
  34. 34.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  36. 36.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yup” (b) “Yeah” (c) “Yes” (d) “Ya”
  37. 37.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  38. 38.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  39. 39.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Tysm!!” (b) “Thank you very much.” (c) “Ta!” (d) “Thx!”
  40. 40.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) formal (b) informal

Answer key

  1. formal
  2. informal
  3. a formal line
  4. formal
  5. formal
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. “Good morning”
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. True
  14. True
  15. True
  16. informal
  17. False
  18. going to
  19. informal
  20. True
  21. an informal line
  22. informal
  23. False
  24. False
  25. True
  26. True
  27. an informal line
  28. True
  29. please
  30. False
  31. formal
  32. formal
  33. who you are talking to
  34. True
  35. informal
  36. “Yes”
  37. a formal line
  38. an informal line
  39. “Thank you very much.”
  40. formal

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