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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 880 · 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.True or false: a scholarship interview needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
  4. 4.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  7. 7.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) gotta (b) going to (c) kinda (d) wanna
  8. 8.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a call to a college office needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yes” (b) “Ya” (c) “Yeah” (d) “Yup”
  11. 11.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I am writing to apply for the role.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  12. 12.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  13. 13.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) the time on the clock (b) the weather (c) your shoe size (d) who you are talking to
  14. 14.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) informal (b) formal
  15. 15.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) please (b) pleeease (c) plz (d) plss
  16. 16.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  17. 17.💬 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
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) informal (b) formal
  19. 19.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) formal (b) informal
  21. 21.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  22. 22.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Thank you very much.” (b) “Ta!” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Tysm!!”
  23. 23.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a scholarship interview needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) informal (b) formal
  29. 29.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  31. 31.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
  32. 32.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Cool, catch you later!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  35. 35.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Dunno.” (b) “Who knows?” (c) “No clue, man.” (d) “I am not sure.”
  36. 36.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Yo” (b) “Sup” (c) “Good morning” (d) “Hiya”
  37. 37.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) polite and formal (b) slangy and casual (c) silly and loud (d) rude and short
  38. 38.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) informal (b) formal
  40. 40.True or false: a phone call to a hospital reception needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. informal
  4. False
  5. False
  6. an informal line
  7. going to
  8. False
  9. True
  10. “Yes”
  11. a formal line
  12. a formal line
  13. who you are talking to
  14. formal
  15. please
  16. an informal line
  17. a formal line
  18. informal
  19. informal
  20. informal
  21. informal
  22. “Thank you very much.”
  23. True
  24. True
  25. True
  26. False
  27. True
  28. formal
  29. False
  30. a formal line
  31. formal
  32. True
  33. False
  34. an informal line
  35. “I am not sure.”
  36. “Good morning”
  37. polite and formal
  38. False
  39. informal
  40. True

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