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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 671 · 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 “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Thx!” (b) “Ta!” (c) “Tysm!!” (d) “Thank you very much.”
  2. 2.💬 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
  3. 3.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) formal (b) informal
  4. 4.🧭 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
  5. 5.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) informal (b) formal
  7. 7.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  8. 8.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  9. 9.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) going to (b) kinda (c) wanna (d) gotta
  10. 10.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yeah” (b) “Yup” (c) “Yes” (d) “Ya”
  12. 12.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  13. 13.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) formal (b) informal
  15. 15.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Cool, catch you later!” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  16. 16.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  17. 17.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  19. 19.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  20. 20.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  26. 26.True or false: a scholarship interview needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a phone call to a hospital reception needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) formal (b) informal
  32. 32.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: speaking to a panel of judges needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a call to a college office needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Dunno.” (b) “I am not sure.” (c) “No clue, man.” (d) “Who knows?”
  37. 37.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I am writing to apply for the role.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  39. 39.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plss (b) plz (c) please (d) pleeease
  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. “Thank you very much.”
  2. a formal line
  3. formal
  4. who you are talking to
  5. True
  6. formal
  7. informal
  8. informal
  9. going to
  10. False
  11. “Yes”
  12. an informal line
  13. False
  14. formal
  15. an informal line
  16. informal
  17. False
  18. informal
  19. informal
  20. False
  21. False
  22. True
  23. False
  24. True
  25. a formal line
  26. False
  27. True
  28. True
  29. False
  30. True
  31. formal
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. “I am not sure.”
  37. False
  38. a formal line
  39. please
  40. an informal line

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