CONCEPTS OF SPOKEN AND

WRITTEN GRAMMAR
SPOKEN GRAMMAR WRITTEN GRAMMAR

Informal Formal

Spontaneous and Dynamic Planned and Precise

More Simple More Complex

Less strict in word order More strict in word order

Narrative form Expository-based

Action-based Idea-based

Stuctureless Highly Structured

Arranged side by side Arranged under

Uses slang and colloquialism Uses Standard language

Fleeting Fixed and Stable

Ellipsis Explicit

Takes place in immediate

Detached in time and space
interaction

Contains repetitions and

Often grammatically correct
contractions

Sentence construction could Sentence construction

use multiple subjects and lots should adhere to grammar
of different noun phrases rules

Response is not given

Has response tokens
instantly
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Charisse Joy Bulawit
Bethany Meville Catubig
Mary Claire Ondiano