Register & formality

Grammar · C2 · 10 printable sheets, each with an answer key.

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Sheet 1 · 50 minRegister and formality: from casual chat to boardroom proseShift between informal and formal business English using lexis, structure and fixed formal phrases.Free
Sheet 2 · 50 minRegister shifts in cultural criticism: podcast talk to essay proseIdentify register features and transform conversational comments on art and literature into formal academic prose.Premium
Sheet 3 · 30 minGrammar explained: register & formalityThe grammar of formal English: passives, impersonal it, formal verbs, fronted prepositions, formal linkers and inversion.Premium
Sheet 4 · 30 minGrammar explained: register & formality – features of spoken grammarEllipsis, heads, tails, vague language and discourse markers: the grammar of conversation and its formal written equivalents.Premium
Sheet 5 · 20 minRegister & formality: spotting the signalsCompare a hotel's formal email with a guest's text message about the same cancellation and identify the features of each register.Premium
Sheet 6 · 20 minRegister & formality: phrasal verbs or formal verbs?Replace everyday phrasal verbs with precise formal verbs and choose the word that suits a formal report.Premium
Sheet 7 · 20 minRegister & formality: impersonal and passive structuresTransform sentences with passive reporting verbs and impersonal it-structures, then write a formal notice.Premium
Sheet 8 · 20 minRegister & formality: hedging and softeningSoften blunt statements with modal verbs, tentative verbs and cautious adverbs, as in academic and professional writing.Premium
Sheet 9 · 20 minRegister & formality: correcting register slipsFind and replace informal expressions that have slipped into a formal letter of complaint to a city council.Premium
Sheet 10 · 20 minRegister & formality: review challengeJudge what suits a formal email, replace informal words with formal ones and rewrite a casual email to a university.Premium