Tone & Register Practice

B1 · Intermediate47 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: switch register on command — the same message written formally, semi-formally and informally, with no slips anywhere.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: One message, three voices

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: One message, three registers

    Read a 347-word text about One message, three registers

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Register Comparison

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Choose the Right Register

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Register Corrections

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Switch registers on command

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

assist (formal)inform (formal)enquire (formal)receive (formal)require (formal)purchase (formal)

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