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Using Standard English

Using Standard English. How to write in a formal style. Here is an informal phrase. Laura scored a wicked goal against them losers down the road. This is a slang term for GOOD. This should be THOSE. This is a harsh, emotive adjective to use. This isn’t a very precise description.

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Using Standard English

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  1. Using Standard English How to write in a formal style 5569

  2. Here is an informal phrase Laura scored a wicked goal against them losers down the road. This is a slang term for GOOD This should be THOSE This is a harsh, emotive adjective to use This isn’t a very precise description Why is it informal?

  3. How can we re-write this in Standard English? • Laura scored a wicked goal against them losers down the road. • Laura scored a brilliant goal against the local opposition.

  4. Why would we NEED to re-write it? • Writing is all about PURPOSE and AUDIENCE • Sometimes we need to use Standard English when writing formally and when addressing important people • We should use it in school, in exams, at work and when contacting official people • We also need to speak it!

  5. HOW do we re-write? Vocabulary • keep it formal • don’t use slang Grammar • ensure you use the correct verb tense • think about your syntax

  6. Can you re-write these? • When we done our Science experiment the water went all bubbly. • The man in the book we read was nasty, mean and trampy.

  7. Can you re-write these? • Mr Jones is a safe teacher. He’s a real laugh. • I didn’t do nothing!

  8. Can you re-write these? • I’m writing to tell you how nasty you are if you test make-up on poor bunnies. • The poem’s got some good stuff in it like alliteration.

  9. Can you re-write these? • I seen you thump him one on the head! • Shakespeare’s this bloke what wrote some plays like “Macbeth.”

  10. Can you re-write these? • When I leave school I want to be a bricky. • That Maths test was nasty and I really bombed it.

  11. Can you give some examples of types of writing we do in and out of school where we need to use Standard English?

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