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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 602 · 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: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  3. 3.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Good morning” (b) “Sup” (c) “Hiya” (d) “Yo”
  4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) formal (b) informal
  5. 5.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) slangy and casual (b) rude and short (c) polite and formal (d) silly and loud
  7. 7.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  8. 8.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
  10. 10.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plz (b) plss (c) please (d) pleeease
  13. 13.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) wanna (b) going to (c) kinda (d) gotta
  16. 16.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) informal (b) formal
  17. 17.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  18. 18.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  20. 20.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  21. 21.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Who knows?” (b) “No clue, man.” (c) “I am not sure.” (d) “Dunno.”
  22. 22.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
  25. 25.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  26. 26.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Ta!” (b) “Thank you very much.” (c) “Tysm!!” (d) “Thx!”
  27. 27.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yeah” (b) “Ya” (c) “Yes” (d) “Yup”
  28. 28.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Thank you for this opportunity.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  31. 31.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  34. 34.True or false: a call to a college office needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: speaking to a panel of judges needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  39. 39.💬 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
  40. 40.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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