Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 816 · 40 questions

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!”.

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

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