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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 539 · 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: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) informal (b) formal
  3. 3.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  7. 7.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  8. 8.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) slangy and casual (b) polite and formal (c) rude and short (d) silly and loud
  9. 9.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
  10. 10.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) pleeease (b) please (c) plz (d) plss
  11. 11.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) the weather (b) the time on the clock (c) your shoe size (d) who you are talking to
  12. 12.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  13. 13.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) informal (b) formal
  14. 14.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  16. 16.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  17. 17.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) going to (b) gotta (c) kinda (d) wanna
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
  19. 19.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  23. 23.True or false: a call to a college office needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) informal (b) formal
  25. 25.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  26. 26.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Ya” (b) “Yeah” (c) “Yes” (d) “Yup”
  27. 27.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  28. 28.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I am writing to apply for the role.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  30. 30.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) formal (b) informal
  34. 34.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a call to a college office needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Ta!” (b) “Tysm!!” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Thank you very much.”
  38. 38.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Please let me know if you need anything else.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line

Answer key

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

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