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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 960 · 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 an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: writing to a bakery owner for a summer job needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  4. 4.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) informal (b) formal
  5. 5.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) please (b) pleeease (c) plss (d) plz
  6. 6.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) formal (b) informal
  7. 7.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Thanks a ton!”? (a) “Thank you very much.” (b) “Ta!” (c) “Thx!” (d) “Tysm!!”
  9. 9.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Who knows?” (b) “No clue, man.” (c) “I am not sure.” (d) “Dunno.”
  11. 11.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “No worries, bro.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  12. 12.💬 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
  13. 13.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a scholarship interview? (a) informal (b) formal
  14. 14.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Cool, catch you later!” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  15. 15.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yeah” (b) “Ya” (c) “Yup” (d) “Yes”
  16. 16.True or false: emailing the principal for leave needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I am writing to apply for the role.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  20. 20.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I look forward to hearing from you.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  22. 22.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) informal (b) formal
  23. 23.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a call to a college office? (a) formal (b) informal
  24. 24.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) informal (b) formal
  25. 25.True or false: “Please let me know if you need anything else.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) informal (b) formal
  28. 28.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “I am writing to apply for the role.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  32. 32.True or false: joking with your brother at home needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  34. 34.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Yo” (b) “Hiya” (c) “Sup” (d) “Good morning”
  35. 35.True or false: chatting with classmates at lunch needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎩 Formal or informal tone for joking with your brother at home? (a) formal (b) informal
  37. 37.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “I would be grateful for your guidance.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  38. 38.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) kinda (b) going to (c) wanna (d) gotta
  39. 39.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “LOL, that was so funny.” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  40. 40.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) slangy and casual (b) silly and loud (c) polite and formal (d) rude and short

Answer key

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

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