Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 872 · 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: texting your cousin about a movie needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
3. 3.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) formal (b) informal
5. 5.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
6. 6.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) informal (b) formal
7. 7.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) informal (b) formal
8. 8.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) rude and short (b) polite and formal (c) silly and loud (d) slangy and casual
11. 11.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yes” (b) “Yup” (c) “Ya” (d) “Yeah”
12. 12.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
13. 13.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Thank you for this opportunity.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
14. 14.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I look forward to hearing from you.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
19. 19.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “I am not sure.” (b) “No clue, man.” (c) “Who knows?” (d) “Dunno.”
20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) formal (b) informal
21. 21.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Tysm!!” (b) “Thx!” (c) “Thank you very much.” (d) “Ta!”
23. 23.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.💬 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
25. 25.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
26. 26.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Good morning” (b) “Hiya” (c) “Sup” (d) “Yo”
27. 27.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) informal (b) formal
29. 29.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧭 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
33. 33.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) plss (b) pleeease (c) plz (d) please
38. 38.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
39. 39.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) going to (b) kinda (c) wanna (d) gotta
40. 40.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) formal (b) informal

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