Vocabularies in Proposal Writing: Formal vs. Informal

You must consider your ________when you write or speak.

• friends

• ideas

• audience

• lecturers

Abbreviations (a shortened form of a word or phrase), slang, or contractions (a shortened form of a word that omits certain letters or sounds) are allowed in formal writing.

• True

• False

Choose two words with a more formal tone to describe the people involved in organizing program.

• our team

• the staff

• the guys

• the people

Choose the best word with a more formal tone to describe the action of becoming or making greater in size, amount, or degree.

• go up

• increase

• expand

• get bigger

Choose two words with a more formal tone to describe the action of putting off an activity.

• hold up

• postpone

• delay

• push back

Choose the best word with a more formal tone to describe the action of saying sorry.

• express regret

• ask forgiveness

• apologize

Choose the best word with a more formal tone to describe the action of becoming aware of a fact or situation.

• discover

• realize

• find out

• figure out

Choose two words with a more formal tone to describe the action of getting something.

• obtain

• receive

• come by

• get

What is the tone used for this sentence?

"We feel we are competent enough to conduct the program"

• Formal

• Informal

The word 'also' can be replaced with (a)   (in addition/ some more) to make the tone more formal.