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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 94 · 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 family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) informal (b) formal
  3. 3.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  6. 6.🎩 Formal or informal tone for writing to a bakery owner for a summer job? (a) informal (b) formal
  7. 7.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Tysm!!” (b) “Thank you very much.” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Ta!”
  8. 8.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a phone call to a hospital reception needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) informal (b) formal
  11. 11.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  12. 12.True or false: “Cool, catch you later!” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) formal (b) informal
  15. 15.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) wanna (b) going to (c) gotta (d) kinda
  17. 17.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  19. 19.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  21. 21.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Yo” (b) “Sup” (c) “Good morning” (d) “Hiya”
  22. 22.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  24. 24.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) your shoe size (b) the time on the clock (c) the weather (d) who you are talking to
  25. 25.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Ya” (b) “Yeah” (c) “Yup” (d) “Yes”
  26. 26.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) formal (b) informal
  28. 28.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a birthday message to your best friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  29. 29.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  30. 30.True or false: a voice note to your old school friend needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “LOL, that was so funny.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: speaking to a panel of judges needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  34. 34.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) formal (b) informal
  35. 35.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “I look forward to hearing from you.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  38. 38.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) informal (b) formal

Answer key

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

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