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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 853 · 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) “Tysm!!” (b) “Ta!” (c) “Thank you very much.” (d) “Thx!”
  2. 2.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yes” (b) “Ya” (c) “Yup” (d) “Yeah”
  3. 3.True or false: a call to a college office needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) formal (b) informal
  5. 5.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) informal (b) formal
  6. 6.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  7. 7.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: speaking to a panel of judges needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  14. 14.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  16. 16.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Good morning” (b) “Yo” (c) “Hiya” (d) “Sup”
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) formal (b) informal
  19. 19.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  21. 21.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  23. 23.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  25. 25.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) kinda (b) going to (c) gotta (d) wanna
  26. 26.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  28. 28.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  29. 29.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  30. 30.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  31. 31.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) your shoe size (b) who you are talking to (c) the time on the clock (d) the weather
  32. 32.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plz (b) pleeease (c) please (d) plss
  33. 33.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) informal (b) formal
  34. 34.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) rude and short (b) slangy and casual (c) silly and loud (d) polite and formal
  36. 36.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
  39. 39.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.💬 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

Answer key

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

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