Formal and Informal Language

In what situation is formal language appropriate?

• when calling a close friend

• when speaking with your teacher

• when playing a game with your little brother

• when talking with a friend on the bus

Informal and formal language involves ...................

• Register

• punctuation

• accuracy

• dialect

Hissa sent her friends a(n)---------------------message text abou the trip.

• formal

• informal

• register

• dialect

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

• friendly and respectful.

• friendly and disrespectful.

• formal and respectful

• friendly and relaxed.

Formal language is ................................

• disrespectful and impolite.

• friendly and relaxed.

• Respectful and polite.

• unfriendly and unrelaxed

We usually use formal language for..................

• Writing letters to a boss.

• Writing emails to strangers.

• business .

• All of the above

We should use -----------------------language to talk to adults an teachers.

• informal

• formal

• language

• business

Informal language uses..........................

• informal speech

• abbreviations.

• emojis, short forms and slang

• All of the above.

Is it formal or informal ?

That kid is freaking out.

• informal

• formal

I'm broke

• informal

• formal.