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More to try! https://quizlet.com/16038608/english-cae-formal-or-informal-flash-cards/ Tweet Follow @bclasrozas

Informal Letters at B2 https://quizlet.com/104847734/ flashcards Tweet Follow @bclasrozas

Practice your Formal and Informal Expressions: https://quizlet.com/20241175/ flashcards https://quizlet.com/20196287/ flashcards https://quizlet.com/20238036/ flashcards Tweet Follow @bclasrozas

Go here for an page reviewing informal letter writing. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas

Sample Letter/Email to a friend for Advanced students. Note the consistency of the formality and the expressions that produce it. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas

Practice your formal and informals with some flashcard fun ! Tweet Follow @bclasrozas

Go to this link for some useful exercises to get you thinking about different registers of English: Tweet Follow @bclasrozas

Powerpoint Presentation for C1 level: Advice on: Formality and grading it Planning Writing Checking Writing Link:  http://www.slideshow.com/users/bcteacher/politeness-and-writing--572162773 Follow us on

Language for Letters and Emails Language for Formal and Informal Email and Letters. Take a look at this page on Alex Case's website http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets/writing/email/informal-email-errors/ Can you do the exercise that Alex Case has designed? You might want to print the page out to look at it more carefully and write notes. First, decide if the phrases are formal or informal. Make a list of new phrases in your vocabulary section or notebook. You can scroll down the page for Alex’s comments. Second, think about exactly what they mean. Are you familiar with the phrases like you’re a star , and give me a bell and vocabulary like to pop , to land someone in it and a wee bit tricky ? Third, y ou can post your guesses, answers or comments here via the comment button on our Facebook page. Finally , try to use a couple of them in your  homework.

Informal Letter/Email to Review Take a look at this letter. We`ve indicated some positives and corrections. What do you think  of it? You might find some language you'd like to use yourself. Dear Megan: Things are as good as always! Last night I went to a fancy dress party, and I dress up [m1] ü like an Egyptian girl. I will send you all the pictures I took ü that night!! It was one of the best nights ever, you should have been there! ü How are things going there? ü It has been a long time since we haven’t talk [m2] , its good to hear again from [m3] you! So you have to tell me many t [m4] hings, like how Sean and you broke up? My mother has told me that I can go to your house [m5] on July!! So we have to plan many things that we are going to do then ü and you have to help me [to] choose which clothes I am taking. Oh and my mom have [m6] told me that you can come with us to [m7] a Mediterranean cruise we’re going ^ from the 12th of august [m8] until the 30t...

Reports, proposals, letters and Emails - all of them need some level of formal English at times. Try the exercises in this page of the Flo Joe website for some practice of vocabulary and structures. Come back to us with doubts and questions.

Feedback from recent homework Things to take care of informal letters. Think about why. First sentences should - what? Three dots at the end of a sentence - good or bad? What are some of the magic words for making your paragraphs flow? Imperatives. "Answer me, then we can organise our trip." Informal? Abbreviations " BTW " and emoticons " ;-)" Appropriate? Final sentences should - what? What's white space for? "Look(ing) forward to +? " "Kisses" Make a list of items to check in your final 5 or ten minutes. Follow us on

Here's a useful document we found on the internet with lots of information about informal letters and emails and a couple of examples that might help you. If you're writing for Cambrtidge exams you should not include addresses in your work. Follow us on