Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students cut out phrases and sort them under formal or informal. Pages 2 and 5: students circle the words that fit each time. Page 3: students write informal sentences in formal English. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.
Role-play the same request to a friend and to the principal. What changed in the words, the greeting, and the tone?
Compare a text to a friend with a thank-you note to a teacher. Which words would you change?
Formal English for teachers, letters, and reports, and informal English for friends and family. Students sort phrases, choose the words that fit a time, and rewrite informal sentences formally.
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