Ch 4

Register: From Spoken to Formal

Got a minute? · This book, it's great · one must · Dear Sir or Madam… · shifting register

Exercise 1

Choose the best option

8 points

Tap the correct answer.

Formal email: "We _____ if you could confirm by Monday."

Which is spoken grammar (a "head")?

Which is the most formal?

Which email opening matches "Yours faithfully"?

Which uses vague language?

Academic: "As _____ saw in the previous section, …"

Which sentence has a register clash?

Which is ellipsis in speech?

Exercise 2

Change the register

6 points

Write the missing word or words.

Informal: Can you send it? → Formal: I would be if you could send it.

Spoken: a minute? (Have you got a minute?)

Very formal: must always check the facts.

Formal letter to an unknown person ends: Yours ,

Spoken tail: It's really good, film.

Academic: The will note that the sample was small.