Слайд 2Formal style
No colloquialisms
No contractions (like: don’t, won’t etc.)
Introductory
![Formal style No colloquialisms No contractions (like: don’t, won’t etc.) Introductory phrases](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/964992/slide-1.jpg)
phrases
- indirect questions
- polite requests
- reference phrases
Polite tone
Слайд 3Formal style
Avoidance of phrasal verbs
Sophisticated vocabulary
Tentatative language
Linking words
![Formal style Avoidance of phrasal verbs Sophisticated vocabulary Tentatative language Linking words](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/964992/slide-2.jpg)
Слайд 4Formal style
Indirect questions:
We would like to know if…
We were wondering whether/if…
Could you
![Formal style Indirect questions: We would like to know if… We were](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/964992/slide-3.jpg)
advise us if….
Do you happen to know if…..
Слайд 5Formal style
Polite requests:
We would appreciate if….
Could you possibly…
Is
![Formal style Polite requests: We would appreciate if…. Could you possibly… Is](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/964992/slide-4.jpg)
it possible to….
We would be grateful if/for….
Слайд 6Formal style
Reference phrases:
As regards…
In response to…
Concerning..
Regarding…
In relation to…
In connection with
With regard to
![Formal style Reference phrases: As regards… In response to… Concerning.. Regarding… In](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/964992/slide-5.jpg)
Слайд 7Formal style
Sophisticated vocabulary;
- avoid verbs like: do, make, get
- use:
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perform, deal with, produce, manufacture, receive, obtain
- avoid the word: thing or things
- use: matters, issues, problems
Слайд 8Formal style
Tentative language
- introductory phrases:
It seems, there seems to be,
![Formal style Tentative language - introductory phrases: It seems, there seems to](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/964992/slide-7.jpg)
it appears
- intruductory phrases for bad news:
I/We are sorry but… I/We are afraid…
I/We regret that….
- quantifiers: a bit, a little, a slight, not + opposite
- would and could, might
Слайд 9Formal style
Linking words
- and, because, although, in spite of, despite,
futhermore, additionally,
![Formal style Linking words - and, because, although, in spite of, despite,](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/964992/slide-8.jpg)
in addition, moreover, therfore, however, fortunately, unfortunately