Register and formality: from casual chat to boardroom prose
Grammar · Register & formality · C2 · 50 min. Shift between informal and formal business English using lexis, structure and fixed formal phrases.
About this worksheet
Shift between informal and formal business English using lexis, structure and fixed formal phrases.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Grammar
- Topic
- Register & formality
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Exercises
- Matching, Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
- Included
- Access
- Free
On the sheet
- Matching: Match each informal phrasal verb or phrase to its formal equivalent.
- Multiple choice: Choose the option that best fits the formal register of each sentence.
- Gap-fill: Open cloze. Read the formal payment reminder and write ONE word in eac
- Speaking / writing task: Rewrite this message from a manager as a formal email to a client (130
- Writing lines: Write your formal email here.
