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Engaging Grammar Practical Advice for Real
Classrooms Presented by Amy Benjamin
www.amybenjamin.com
Part Six Formal and Informal English
Ive never known a person who wasnt
interested in language. -Steven Pinker, The
Language Instinct
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Informal and Formal English
Set your dial to the level of formality that is
appropriate for your audience and purpose.
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Informal and Formal
Handout Page 11
briefcase dress shoes sit-down
restaurant football on the team lunch cooking,
baking, roasting
backpack flip-flops McDonalds frisbee on the
lawn snack zapping/nuking
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Informal and formal English
got, gotta hafta gonna wanna lemme woulda,
shoulda, coulda cuz
have, have to going to want to let me would
have, should have, could have because
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Informal and formal English


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