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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 555 · 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.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Dunno.” (b) “No clue, man.” (c) “Who knows?” (d) “I am not sure.”
  2. 2.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Hiya” (b) “Sup” (c) “Good morning” (d) “Yo”
  3. 3.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  5. 5.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) informal (b) formal
  6. 6.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) silly and loud (b) polite and formal (c) rude and short (d) slangy and casual
  7. 7.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  8. 8.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  10. 10.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
  11. 11.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  12. 12.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I look forward to hearing from you.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  14. 14.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  15. 15.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) informal (b) formal
  19. 19.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) the time on the clock (b) the weather (c) who you are talking to (d) your shoe size
  20. 20.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  22. 22.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a scholarship interview needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Ya” (b) “Yup” (c) “Yeah” (d) “Yes”
  29. 29.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a phone call to a hospital reception needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  35. 35.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  36. 36.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) gotta (b) kinda (c) wanna (d) going to
  37. 37.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) pleeease (b) plss (c) plz (d) please
  38. 38.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) informal (b) formal
  40. 40.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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