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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 741 · 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.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Thank you for this opportunity.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  2. 2.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yeah” (b) “Yup” (c) “Yes” (d) “Ya”
  3. 3.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) formal (b) informal
  4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  5. 5.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  6. 6.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  7. 7.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) formal (b) informal
  9. 9.True or false: a scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  12. 12.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Sup” (b) “Yo” (c) “Good morning” (d) “Hiya”
  13. 13.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
  15. 15.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) formal (b) informal
  17. 17.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) informal (b) formal
  19. 19.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I am writing to apply for the role.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  20. 20.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) slangy and casual (b) silly and loud (c) rude and short (d) polite and formal
  21. 21.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) informal (b) formal
  22. 22.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) informal (b) formal
  23. 23.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Thank you very much.” (b) “Ta!” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Tysm!!”
  24. 24.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  28. 28.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  31. 31.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  32. 32.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) the weather (b) your shoe size (c) the time on the clock (d) who you are talking to
  33. 33.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) gotta (b) wanna (c) going to (d) kinda
  36. 36.True or false: a call to a college office needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” 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.💬 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
  40. 40.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) please (b) plz (c) plss (d) pleeease

Answer key

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

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