Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 09 - Writing for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Which text is the least formal? Which is the most formal? What words and phrases tell you this?
  2. Complete the table with informal and formal phrases from the texts.

Answer

a)

A is the least formal

  • Cheers girls
  • xx
  • fab
  • Speak soon

C is the most formal

  • Dear Mr Wallace
  • I wanted to thank you again for ...
  • I very much enjoyed
  • do not hesitate to get in touch
  • I look forward to hearing from you soon
  • Yours sincerely

b)

Informal

  • Cheers
  • I had a fab evening
  • They're so cool
  • Speak soon

Formal

  • I wanted to thank you (again) for ...
  • I very much enjoyed ...
  • I look forward to hearing from you soon
  • Yours sincerely