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The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11.4 - Speaking and writing for the textbook Navigate Elementary A2 - Coursebook with authors Jake Hughes and Katie Wood from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Work with a partner. Which notice in exercise 2 is ... 1) more friendly and informal? Why? ; 2) more formal? Why?
  2. Check your ideas in the Language for writing box.

Answer

a)

  1. Notice 2 is more informal. Words have been removed (ellipsis) and it uses exclamation marks.
  2. Notice 1 is more formal. The sentences are full: no contractions or use of ellipsis. The expressions are formal in style, e.g. Would you like ...?

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