Report Writing: Formal and Informal Language

State whether the following sentence is formal or informal:

Lucy Graham proceeded to the stage to accept her award from our principal, Mr. Thomas Henry.

• Formal

• Informal

State whether the following sentence is formal or informal:

Paul began laughing uncontrollably when Sally fell on the playground.

• Informal

• Formal

Select the informal elements in this sentence:

We weren't informed that the competition was postponed to Mon 12th Feb 2019.

• weren't

• that

• postponed

• Mon

• Feb

Fill in the blanks with formal words:

The principal _____________ our parents and informed them of our conduct during the school assembly.

State whether the following statement is formal or informal:

The school bus arrived promptly at nine o' clock in the morning, however, plenty students were absent.

• Formal

• Informal

Identify all the informal elements that do not belong in a report.

• Contractions

• Transitional words and phrases

• Abbreviations

• Reported Speech

• Emotive Language

State whether the following sentence is formal or informal:

The Master of Ceremonies announced the next contestant, Ann Lopez of Standard Five who recited a poem entitled, "Brave Heart."

• Formal

• Informal

At the graduation ceremony, our principal ______________ Mr. Mark Khan, the keynote speaker.

Identify the informal elements in the following sentences:

The field trip to the National Museum in P.O.S. was fun and exciting. We went with our teacher, Mrs. Paula Ransom.

• Mrs.

• P.O.S.

• went with

• fun and exciting

• field trip

Is the following sentence, formal or informal?

I, Samantha Albert witnessed a vehicular accident which occurred in the parking lot of Bobby's Supermarket.

• Formal

• Informal