WorksheetsFormal or informal English
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Select the most formal sentence: Coffee, please!
Give me a coffee.
I want a coffee, now.
May I have a coffee, please?
Can I have a coffee?
Which sentence is the most polite?
Give me the book.
Can I borrow the book?
I need the book now.
Hey, give me the book!
Choose the most formal request:
Pass me the salt.
Give me the salt!
Can you give me the salt?
Hey, salt!
Which sentence is the most appropriate in a formal setting?
Hand me the document, please.
Give me the document now!
Pass the document.
Hey, bring me the document!
What is the most polite option to offer help?
Do you want anything?
You want me to help you?
How can I help you?
What do you want?
Which request is the most polite?
Can I speak to the manager, please?
Find me the manager, please.
Where's the manager?
I want to talk to the manager.
I would be grateful if you could...
Formal
Informal
Which sentence is the most formal?
Here is our manager.
Do you know our manager?
I would like to introduce you to our manager.
Hey, here we are! This is our manager.
You are calling the movie theater to know the screening time of a movie. Which question is the most formal?
Hello. What time is the movie?
Good afternoon. Please, tell me the time of the movie tonight.
Good afternoon. I want to know the movie time tonight, please.
Good afternoon. Could you tell me what time is the movie tonight?
That's great, thanks.
Informal
Formal
Which is the most formal question below?
Do you need anything else, Miss?
Can I add anything for you, Miss?
Would you like anything else, Miss?
What else do you need, Miss?
Talking to a neighbour.
Formal
Informal
Either formal or informal
Telling your mother you will be late home tonight.
I am terribly sorry but tonight I might be late home.
Mum, tonight I'll come home late. Is this, Ok?
Could I possibly arrive home a bit late tonight?
Would it be ok if I ask to come home late tonight?
Joining a fitness class for the first time.
Formal
Informal
Either formal or informal
Meeting a new colleague.
Informal
Formal
Either formal or informal
Inviting your employee to join a meeting.
Could you join the meeting, please?
Come on! Come to the meeting, please.
There's a meeting this afternoon. You should come.
I want you to join the meeting.
Congratulations on your success!
Formal
Informal
Meeting a friend.
Informal
Formal
Either formal or informal.
Calling our school to ask for information.
I must know when the school starts, please.
Just tell me when the school starts.
Could you tell me when the school starts?
Please, tell me when the school starts.
I'm afraid I'm not entirely satisfied with the service.
Close relationship
Distant relationship
