FORMAL & INFORMAL LANGUAGE

 FORMAL & INFORMAL LANGUAGE

1. Look at these expressions and decide if they are formal or informal

Hi! How's it going?

It was very nice to hear from you.

I'm planning to get to see you soon.

Do you think you could tell about...?

How about having a chat next week?

2. Which context do you think they are used in?

3. Think about further examples and write them in your notebook.

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Ex. 1

(your own answers)

Respuesta libre. Busca los significados de esos adjetivos y apúntalos en tu cuaderno.

Ex. 2

It mentions WORLD-FAMOUS (line 3),

HONEST (line 15) and

RESPECTABLE (line 16)

Ex. 3

1. Today, we live in a celebrity culture and famous people are always in the public eye (lines 5-7).
2. Advertising experts agree that the shoppers who are most influenced by celebrities are teenagers and young people (lines 26-27)
3. Having world-famous celebrities in adverts sells more products (lines 2-3)
4. A celebrity who is well-liked, has an honest face and respectable private life is perfect (lines 15-16)
5. Advertisers don't like to associate their products with negative publicity so stars with complicated personal lives often disappear from their ads. (lines 21-23)

Ex. 4

1. d
2. a
3. b

Ex. 5

1a brand (line 1) b disappear (line 23) c shoppers (line 26)

2 involved (line 18)

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GRAMMAR DOCTOR / TEST

DO THE TEST FIRST, THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWERS AND CHECK YOUR SCORE ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING:

(Haz el test primero, luego corrige tus respuestas y comprueba la puentuación de acuerdo con los siguientes resultados)

0-12 points: your grammar is too weak. (Muy bajo)

13-15 points: your grammar is a bit under the weather (un poco bajo)

16-19 points: your grammar is quite healthy (bastante bien)

20-25 points: Well done! Keep up the good work (muy bien, sigue así)

Ex. 1

1. works
2. are going out
3. is travelling
4. do you go
5. doesn't like

Ex. 2

1. Carol lent me a movie but I´ve already seen it.
2. The party had finished when I arrived.
3. Hilary met Susan at school.
4. The programme finished while you were sleeping.
5. I didn't see your brother. Did he come in the end?

Ex. 3

1. yet
2. for
3. Did you see
4. just
5. have you known

Ex. 4

1-c went
2-c arrive
3-a was watching
4-a didn't call
5-c had already

Ex. 5

1. I'm looking for the English teacher. Do you know where she is?
2. Pablo usually goes to school by bus.
3. How long have you lived here?
4. I've worked here for three years.
5. I've just seen your brother.

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1b

2c

3a

4e

5f

6g

7d

8h