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Communication Skills Worksheet: Formal and Informal Tone

Interview skills lesson 5: Formal or informal tone · Set 977 · 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.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a letter to the bank manager? (a) formal (b) informal
  2. 2.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Thank you for this opportunity.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  3. 3.🎩 Formal or informal tone for emailing the principal for leave? (a) informal (b) formal
  4. 4.💬 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
  5. 5.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Yeah”? (a) “Yes” (b) “Ya” (c) “Yeah” (d) “Yup”
  6. 6.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Could you kindly share the details?” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  7. 7.🎤 In an interview, which tone should you use? (a) rude and short (b) silly and loud (c) polite and formal (d) slangy and casual
  8. 8.🧭 What decides whether you should be formal or informal? (a) the time on the clock (b) the weather (c) who you are talking to (d) your shoe size
  9. 9.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a family group chat about dinner? (a) formal (b) informal
  10. 10.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “gonna”? (a) going to (b) wanna (c) gotta (d) kinda
  11. 11.True or false: a birthday message to your best friend needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎩 Formal or informal tone for planning a picnic with friends? (a) informal (b) formal
  13. 13.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a voice note to your old school friend? (a) formal (b) informal
  14. 14.True or false: texting your cousin about a movie needs an informal tone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “Hey, what’s up?” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “Hey”? (a) “Sup” (b) “Yo” (c) “Hiya” (d) “Good morning”
  18. 18.True or false: planning a picnic with friends needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “Could you kindly share the details?” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎩 Formal or informal tone for texting your cousin about a movie? (a) formal (b) informal
  21. 21.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Send me the deets pls.” (a) a formal line (b) an informal line
  22. 22.True or false: a family group chat about dinner needs a formal tone. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎩 Formal or informal tone for speaking to a panel of judges? (a) informal (b) formal
  24. 24.True or false: a letter to the bank manager needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  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: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is a formal line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “Send me the deets pls.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎩 Which is the formal way to say “No idea.”? (a) “Who knows?” (b) “Dunno.” (c) “I am not sure.” (d) “No clue, man.”
  29. 29.🎩 Formal or informal tone for talking to your new supervisor on day one? (a) informal (b) formal
  30. 30.True or false: “Gonna be late, sorry!” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎩 Formal or informal tone for chatting with classmates at lunch? (a) formal (b) informal
  32. 32.True or false: “I would be grateful for your guidance.” is a formal line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a scholarship interview needs an informal tone. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎩 Which is the formal way to write “pls”? (a) pleeease (b) plz (c) please (d) plss
  35. 35.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Gonna be late, sorry!” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line
  36. 36.True or false: “No worries, bro.” is an informal line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: talking to your new supervisor on day one needs a formal tone. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “Thank you for this opportunity.” is an informal line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎩 Formal or informal tone for a phone call to a hospital reception? (a) informal (b) formal
  40. 40.💬 Is this a formal or an informal line? “Hey, what’s up?” (a) an informal line (b) a formal line

Answer key

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

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