FORMAL AND INFORMAL

• We use formal languages when:

- we talk to someone we do not know well
- the situation is rather serious
- talk about professional or academic proposes
• We use informal languages when:
- we talk to someone we know well e.g. friends, family
- the situation is more relaxed
FORMAL
Meet Reply
Hello, how do you do? Very well thank you.
May I introduce myself?
My name’s …………. Pleased to meet you, I’m…………

INFORMAL
Meet Reply
Hey, what’s up? Nothing much, it’s cool.
What’s your name? I’m…. My name’s ……..……
Hi, how are things? Not bad thanks
{Or}
How’s it going? Ok thanks
• Ask 5 questions Examples
• What are you studying How long have you studied here?
• Who…………. When…………… Where………….
• Asking for an opinion
• Formal Informal
• What do you think? What do you reckon?
• What’s your opinion? How about you?

• Giving an opinion
• Formal Informal
• In my opinion .……….. I reckon that ……..….
• I believe that …………. To my mind ………….
What do you think..?
Mobile phones are Smoking should be
dangerous… banned (not allowed)in all
public places in
Indonesia

Corruption is OK The police here should

be paid more money

All students should Computer games are

have a free education bad for young children
in Indonesia
• Agreeing
• Formal Informal
• I agree. Spot on.
• Absolutely! Yeah, you’re right.
• I couldn’t agree more. You’re not wrong.

• Disagreeing
• Formal Informal
• I’m afraid I don’t agree. No way!
• I must disagree. You must be joking.
• I can’t agree. Rubbish!
Do you agree or disagree?
• Money is more important than love.
• Violence is sometimes necessary.
• Personality is more important than beauty.
• No job is perfect.
• Everyone is good at something.
• Life was better 20 years ago.
• The most important thing about a job is the salary.
• You can know a lot about a person from the clothes he or she wears.
• Teachers should be able to use physical punishment.
• There are no such things as ghosts.
• People get offended too easily nowadays.
• What goes around comes around. (If you do good, good will come to you / If you do bad, bad things will happen to you.)
• Parents should never hit their children.
• Travelling has a lot of benefits.