Informal Language

Choose the place where you would most likely use informal language:

• An art gallery

• An amusement park

• A wedding

• A graduation ceremony

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.2E

The phrase “a number of things” is formal for:

• Something

• One

• Lots of stuff

• Too much to count

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.SL.8.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

The informal phrase for “In conclusion” would be:

• The next thing

• The first thing

• The last thing

• I want to tell you

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.SL.8.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

To write someone back, is to:

• receive

• occupy

• conclude

• reply

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

"I put up with his shenanigans for so long that the two of us would have passed for brothers."

• Formal language

• Informal language

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.SL.8.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.2E

"My rad Delorean zapped me all the way to the 2020s.“

• Formal language

• Informal language

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.SL.8.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.1D

We can use informal language when we talk to..

• Friends

• Older people

• People we do not know

• Teachers

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.1D

Informal language normally uses these elements, except..

• use of contractions

• use of phrasal verbs

• use grammar rules

• use colloquiallisms and slang

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

This sentence is informal...

• I do not like it

• We won't be there

• I will never give up

• It does not appear

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.SL.8.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.2E

Informal language is ------------------------

• friendly and respectful.

• friendly and disrespectful.

• formal and respectful

• friendly and relaxed.

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.SL.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E