Informal/ Formal Language

INFORMAL/ FORMAL LANGUAGE

INFORMAL	FORMAL	INFORMAL	FORMAL
say sorry	apologize, apologise	get	obtain
go up	increase	put up	tolerate
go down	decrease	deal with	handle
set up	establish	seem	appear
look at	examine	show	demonstrate, illustrate, portray
blow up	explode	start	commence
find out	discover	keep	retain
bring about	cause	ring up	call
put off	postpone, delay	show up	arrive
make up	fabricate	let	permit
stand for	represent	give the go ahead	authorize, authorise
find out	discover, ascertain
leave out	omit	But	However
point out	indicate	So	Therefore/Thus
go against	oppose	Also	In addition, Additionally
get in touch with	contact	Okay, OK	acceptable
It’s about	It concerns, It’s in regards to	In the meantime	In the interim
need to	required	I think	In my opinion
think about	consider	In the end	Finally
Hi Robert,	Dear Sir or Madam	Just wanted to let you know…	I am writing to inform you…
Hope to hear from you soon	I look forward to hearing from you	You can call me if you need anything	Please do not hesitate to contact me
kids	children	right	Correct
smart	intelligent	cheap	inexpensive