Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildAsk who will read it. Then pick your words.
1 · Tick the word that fits
a Ab Bc Ad AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: Come and have pizza with me on Saturday! · Come and have a pizza with me at the café on Saturday.
Tick: We would be delighted if you could join us. · We would be delighted if you could join us at the café on Saturday at midday.
Tick: cheers, loads
4 · Help Polpetta
It is wrong because Nonna is reading it, and nobody talks to their gran like that. Plain words fit this reader: Happy birthday, Nonna.
2 · Fix the 3 word choices
1
well grim
in a very poor state
2
proper bad
very unpleasant
3
kids
children
Please could you empty it. is the plain sentence already right (the decoy). Any suitably formal replacement is fine.
MediumWho is reading it? Choose words that suit them, not words that impress.
1 · Tick the word that fits
a Bb Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: Come to our opening on Saturday!, There'll be loads of cake! · Come to the café opening on Saturday. There will be loads of cake.
Tick: We would be delighted if you could attend., Please reply by Friday. · We would be delighted if you could attend the opening of our café on Saturday at ten o'clock.
Tick: Alright mate, I hereby invite you., Yo, kindly attend, innit. · They mix playground words with pompous ones, so neither reader hears one voice.
4 · Help Polpetta
The card will not do because Nonna is the reader and she is family, so the long formal words are the wrong fit. Long words are not politer. They just sound cold. Happy birthday, Nonna, with lots of love.
2 · Fix the 4 word choices
1
well grim
in a very poor state
2
proper bad
very unpleasant
3
kids
children
4
reckons
believes
Please could you empty it this week. is the plain sentence already right (the decoy). Any suitably formal replacement is fine.
SpicyRegister is a fit, not a ladder. Match the reader, then stop.
1 · Tick the word that fits
a Ab Ac Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Please reply by Friday.
Thank you so much for helping at the fair. It was a brilliant day.
The food was excellent and the portions were generous. It now suits a review for the café's website or a letter to the owner.
4 · Help Polpetta
It fails because it swings too far the other way: alright and innit are playground slang, and Nonna is not a mate at the school gate. Plain does not mean sloppy. It means words that fit the reader. Happy birthday, Nonna. Thank you for all the Sunday lunches, lots of love.
2 · Fix the 6 word choices
1
well grim
in a very poor state
2
proper bad
extremely unpleasant
3
kids
children
4
reckons
believes
5
loads of
many
6
dead grateful
very grateful
Please do let us know when to expect the lorry. is the plain sentence already right (the decoy). reckons is the one that is only a shade too casual. Any suitably formal replacement is fine.