Hi Year 8,

You need to focus your revision on the vocabulary we learnt last week (but don´t spend all lesson on quizlet), connectives, conditionals, and writing formally/informally.

Informal writing is the type of language you use when you are speaking to your friends, where as formal language you might use when writing a letter to your head teacher for example. Here is a list of formal language, I would like you to copy up the table and see if you can come up with an informal alternative for each word.

Formal apologize, apologise increase decrease examine discover postpone, delay fabricate represent omit indicate oppose contact It concerns, It’s in regards to required consider obtain tolerate handle appear demonstrate commence retain release bother call arrive
•I can´t believe… •I´ve been really… •It´s been really… •You´re probably thinking that… •If I could…     Using some of the informal words and phrases from your table, imagine that you have been sent to a young offenders´institution and complete the above sentence openers, describing your feelings about this.