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Formal and informal English Word power
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Formal English Informal English common in where to find daily conversations speaking writing in both written and spoken English
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To judge which is the better expression: 1. (To a professor you first meet) □ ----- Hi, Bob. Fancy meeting you here. □ ----- Good morning,Mr. Mosley. How are you? ( Too familiar and informal. )
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2.(To a close friend) □ ----- Mr. Wells, would you be kind enough to pass me the salt? □ ----- Could you possibly pass me the salt? □ ----- Pass me the salt, Jack.
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Read the following sentence and find which part you think is informal. I am sorry to say that a lot of your answers to those questions in your homework are not precise, so you must think about them.
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The boy was taken to hospital immediately. In addition, the beautiful view of the park is spoiled. I believe that there are a large number of actions you should take to solve this problem. For example, you should purchase additional litter bins and arrange security to prevent people from littering.
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It is my hope that you will take my concerns into consideration. I look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Jerry Broker
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Formal and informal English Formal EnglishInformal English a large amount/number of a lot of arrangesort out childkid discardthrow away I regret to inform you… I’m sorry to say… immediatelyright away in additionplus
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It is my hope…Hope… preventstop purchasebuy replyanswer speak tohave a word with take my concerns into consideration think about it
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Read a letter to Mr. Smith, a park manager. Rewrite it in formal English using the words above Checking Answers: Dear Mr. Smith, I want to speak to you about the condition of the playground. I regret to inform you that people do not discard their rubbish properly. They leave rubbish on the ground instead of using the bins. Yesterday a 6- year-old child fell and cut his hand on a broken bottle. The boy was taken to hospital immediately. In addition, the beautiful view of the park is spoiled. I believe that there are a large number of actions you could take to solve this problem. For example, you should purchase additional litter bins and arrange security to prevent people from littering. It is my hope that you will take my concerns into consideration. I look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Jerry Broker
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How much you know about countries and their languages? Group1 Group2
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Uncle Sam
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162 758 394
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A map of the world A map of the world
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Switzerland Italy Germany France
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Use the following diagram CountryOfficial language(s) AustraliaEnglish BengalBengali CanadaEnglish, French Chinese EgyptArabic FranceFrench
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GermanyGerman IndiaEnglish,Hindi IrelandEnglish,Irish ItalyItalian MexicoSpanish New ZealandEnglish,Maori PortugalPortuguese
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RussiaRussian Saudi ArabiaArabic SingaporeEnglish,Chinese, Malay,Tamil SpainSpanish SwitzerlandFrench,German, Italian UkEnglish USAEnglish
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flagcountryOfficial language Egypt Arabic FranceFrench MexicoSpanish CanadaEnglish,French GermanyGerman IrelandIrish,English UkEnglish RussiaRussian
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Country Official language(s) People Capital Capital AustraliaEnglishAustralianCanberra GreeceGreek Athens SpainSpanish Madrid EgyptArabicEgyptianCairo RussiaRussian Moscow FranceFrench Paris MexicoSpanishMexicanMexico City JapanJapanese Tokyo ItalyItalian Rome
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