Formal vs. Informal Register

B2 · Upper-intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: shift register on demand - the same idea delivered Part 1-casual and Part 3-formal, with natural blends in between, like a Band 7 speaker.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The register gearbox

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Understanding Register

    Read a 258-word text about Understanding Register

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Register Pairs

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Informal to Formal

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Register Mismatch

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Shifting Register

    Role-play: Answer the same question in two different registers (2 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your register-shift mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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