FORMALITY
TASK 1
A. Underline the words or expressions considered as
colloquial.
1. With the growing number of health – conscious articles,
a lot of young professionals are becoming serious about
maintaining a healthy life-style.
2. It Is a bit improper to assume that the plan does not
work.
3. Experts determined that a lot of health ingredients come
from China.
4. Teachers say that a lot of incoming freshman students are
interested in sports activities.
5. Lucas got together with Castro in conducting an
experiment of effectively enhancing muscle build up.
B. Rewrite the following sentences to observe a more
formal tone.
6. Writing can’t be done effectively if you don’t burn the
midnight oil.
7. Parenting is a 24/7 job.
8. Watching that romcom gave the audience the feels.
9. The class is cooking up something big.
10. Adventure may mean doing something epic.
C. Substitute the single-word verb for the two-word verb in
the following sentences.
1. Senate set up the MERALCO committee. __________
2. Mothers cut down spending on rice. __________
3. Oil price has gone up. __________
4. Students come up with a solution. __________
5. Students looked into the problem. __________
6. The dollar rate went up and down. __________
7. Students brought up the uniform issue. __________
8. The school gets rid of tuition hike. __________
9. Parents turned down the proposal. __________
10. The proposal turned out a positive result. __________
11. Major oil players put off oil price hike. __________
12. Employees did not put up with the company’s
expectations. __________
13. Parents could not put away money for the children’s
education. __________
14. The chemical gives off a foul odor. __________
15. The class carried out a research on the frequency of
using SMS. __________
Task 2
Improved the text below by rewriting it into a more
objective, impersonal version.
I believe that incidence of drug overdose has
indeed become prevalent nowadays. When people are faced
with difficult problems, I think that they can no longer bear
the problem and that is why they get into drugs. That’s why
if you are a psychologist, you should treat your patients in a
way that helps them to understand their problems and ways
to deal with them. Yeah I know it can be very difficult but
hey, that’s what you specialized in, right?
FORMALITY
TASK 1
A. Underline the words or expressions considered as
colloquial.
1. With the growing number of health – conscious articles,
a lot of young professionals are becoming serious about
maintaining a healthy life-style.
2. It Is a bit improper to assume that the plan does not
work.
3. Experts determined that a lot of health ingredients come
from China.
4. Teachers say that a lot of incoming freshman students are
interested in sports activities.
5. Lucas got together with Castro in conducting an
experiment of effectively enhancing muscle build up.
B. Rewrite the following sentences to observe a more
formal tone.
6. Writing can’t be done effectively if you don’t burn the
midnight oil.
7. Parenting is a 24/7 job.
8. Watching that romcom gave the audience the feels.
9. The class is cooking up something big.
10. Adventure may mean doing something epic.
C. Substitute the single-word verb for the two-word verb in
the following sentences.
1. Senate set up the MERALCO committee. __________
2. Mothers cut down spending on rice. __________
3. Oil price has gone up. __________
4. Students come up with a solution. __________
5. Students looked into the problem. __________
6. The dollar rate went up and down. __________
7. Students brought up the uniform issue. __________
8. The school gets rid of tuition hike. __________
9. Parents turned down the proposal. __________
10. The proposal turned out a positive result. __________
11. Major oil players put off oil price hike. __________
12. Employees did not put up with the company’s
expectations. __________
13. Parents could not put away money for the children’s
education. __________
14. The chemical gives off a foul odor. __________
15. The class carried out a research on the frequency of
using SMS. __________
Task 2
Improved the text below by rewriting it into a more
objective, impersonal version.
I believe that incidence of drug overdose has
indeed become prevalent nowadays. When people are faced
with difficult problems, I think that they can no longer bear
the problem and that is why they get into drugs. That’s why
if you are a psychologist, you should treat your patients in a
way that helps them to understand their problems and ways
to deal with them. Yeah I know it can be very difficult but
hey, that’s what you specialized in, right?
Task 3 – Explicitness
Based on the examples given, write a sentence for each of
the following expressions that would make your idea
explicit.
1. However ______________________________________
________________________________________________
2. This is due to the _______________________________
________________________________________________
3. Similarly ______________________________________
________________________________________________
4. In addition ____________________________________
________________________________________________
5. For example ___________________________________
________________________________________________
Task 4 – Caution
Examine the following expressions and think of ways to
reduce the impact of the utterances.
Direct Expression Statement using hedging
He has halitosis.
You need to eat
this to be healthy.
The different steps
taken led to their
failure.
Task 5 – Structure
Combine the sentences to make their structure complex and
better fit for academic writing.
The government’s deal with the public transport company
was not successful.
The government’s deal with the public transport company
will cause delays in projects.
The government’s deal with the public transport company
will result in unsatisfied citizens.
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Restructure the sentence by using normalization.
1. The project was implemented to make sure that the
services are not delayed.
2. The investigators established a time to determine the
chain of events relating to the crime.
3. The committee imposed a seven-day deadline for the
members to submit their requirements.
4. The artists created a beautiful mural to pay tribute to the
survivors of the disaster.
5. A number of students reported several cases of the theft
within the area.
Task 3 – Explicitness
Based on the examples given, write a sentence for each of
the following expressions that would make your idea
explicit.
1. However ______________________________________
________________________________________________
2. This is due to the _______________________________
________________________________________________
3. Similarly ______________________________________
________________________________________________
4. In addition ____________________________________
________________________________________________
5. For example ___________________________________
________________________________________________
Task 4 – Caution
Examine the following expressions and think of ways to
reduce the impact of the utterances.
Direct Expression Statement using hedging
He has halitosis.
You need to eat
this to be healthy.
The different steps
taken led to their
failure.
Task 5 – Structure
Combine the sentences to make their structure complex and
better fit for academic writing.
The government’s deal with the public transport company
was not successful.
The government’s deal with the public transport company
will cause delays in projects.
The government’s deal with the public transport company
will result in unsatisfied citizens.
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Restructure the sentence by using normalization.
1. The project was implemented to make sure that the
services are not delayed.
2. The investigators established a time to determine the
chain of events relating to the crime.
3. The committee imposed a seven-day deadline for the
members to submit their requirements.
4. The artists created a beautiful mural to pay tribute to the
survivors of the disaster.
5. A number of students reported several cases of the theft
within the area.