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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 521 · 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 phone call to a hospital reception needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a phone call to a hospital reception needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  5. 5.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Dunno.” (b) “I am not sure.” (c) “No clue, man.” (d) “Who knows?”
  6. 6.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  8. 8.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) formal (b) informal
  10. 10.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) wanna (b) gotta (c) kinda (d) going to
  11. 11.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  12. 12.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) informal (b) formal
  15. 15.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) formal (b) informal
  17. 17.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I look forward to hearing from you.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  18. 18.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) your shoe size (b) the weather (c) the time on the clock (d) who you are talking to
  19. 19.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) informal (b) formal
  20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  21. 21.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  22. 22.True or false: speaking to a panel of judges needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) rude and short (b) silly and loud (c) slangy and casual (d) polite and formal
  25. 25.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plz (b) plss (c) please (d) pleeease
  27. 27.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
  29. 29.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  31. 31.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Sup” (b) “Good morning” (c) “Yo” (d) “Hiya”
  32. 32.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
  33. 33.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  35. 35.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yeah” (b) “Yes” (c) “Ya” (d) “Yup”
  37. 37.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
  39. 39.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Tysm!!” (b) “Thank you very much.” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Ta!”
  40. 40.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line

Answer key

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

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