Formal or informal?

Practise choosing between du and Sie in messages and emails. Use du (and ihr) for friends and family, Sie for people you don’t know well, and keep the same form in the whole text.

You write to your landlady, Frau Schulz. Which sentence fits?

Is your landlady a friend?

Which sentence is informal?

dir belongs to du, Ihnen belongs to Sie.

You reply to your teacher, who you say Sie to. How do you thank her for her email?

Which possessive belongs to Sie?

Select all phrases that fit a formal email.

More than one answer is correct. Which phrases use Sie or are formal?

You write to your cousin and want to invite him. Which sentence fits?

Family members use du.

You write to two friends at the same time. Which sentence fits?

The plural of du is ihr.

You write to a language school and want information about a course. Which sentence fits?

A school is formal.

Your email ends with „Mit freundlichen Grüßen“. Which greeting matches it?

A formal closing needs a formal greeting.

A colleague you say Sie to writes: „Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe!“ How do you reply?

Keep the same form of address as your colleague.

You ask a friend to call you. Which sentence fits?

Which verb form goes with du?

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