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Video 3 - Formal - Informal Answer Sheet

This document provides strategies for using formal language in academic writing. It gives examples of replacing contractions with full words, substituting phrasal verbs with more formal vocabulary, and identifying whether sentences are formal or informal based on word choice. For contractions, phrasal verbs like "blown up" are replaced with more formal terms like "inflated." Mixed examples are labeled as either formal or informal. The purpose is to help writers recognize and employ a formal academic style.

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Video 3 - Formal - Informal Answer Sheet

This document provides strategies for using formal language in academic writing. It gives examples of replacing contractions with full words, substituting phrasal verbs with more formal vocabulary, and identifying whether sentences are formal or informal based on word choice. For contractions, phrasal verbs like "blown up" are replaced with more formal terms like "inflated." Mixed examples are labeled as either formal or informal. The purpose is to help writers recognize and employ a formal academic style.

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Formal and Informal Language

Strategies for Academic Writing Series

1. Rewrite following sentences without contractions.


a. Informal: The improvements can’t be introduced due to funding restrictions.
b. Formal: The improvements cannot be introduced due to funding restrictions
c. Informal: I don’t believe that the results were accurate.
d. Formal: I do not believe that the results were accurate.
e. Informal: The research project won’t continue next year.
f. Formal: The research project will not continue next year.

2. Phrasal verbs (two-part verbs often consisting of a verb and a preposition) are sometimes
considered as less formal than other verbs. Rewrite the underlined phrasal verbs with more
formal vocabulary words.
a. Informal: The balloon was blown up for the experiment.
b. Formal: The balloon was inflated for the experiment.
c. Informal: The patient got over his illness.
d. Formal: The patient recovered from his illness. (Expressions with “get” and “got” are
usually considered informal)
e. Informal: The results of the study were mixed up.
f. Formal: The results of the study were confused/conflated. (These words have different
meaning—improve your vocabulary and look them up in a dictionary!)
g.
3. The following sentences are mixed formal and informal. Write F (formal) or I (informal) in the
brackets after each sentence.
a. The project will be completed next year. __F__
b. I showed that his arguments didn’t hold water. _I___
c. We’ll finish the job next year. _I___
d. It is possible to consider the results from a different viewpoint. _F___
e. Five more tests will be necessary before the experiment can be concluded. __F__
f. I don’t know why the organizers put up with the problem for so long. __I__
g. The meeting took place at the mayor’s office. __F__
h. The bridge will be closed for repairs. __F__
i. The burgers were totally delicious. __ I __ (Totally is often considered informal)

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