Formal & Informal Words For IELTS Writing

Formal & Informal Words For IELTS Writing

Verbs - Informal & Formal

Informal       -  Formal
It’s about     -  It concerns, It’s in regards to
need to         -  required
think about  -  consider
get                -  obtain
put up           -  tolerate
deal with      -  handle
seem            -  appear
show             -  demonstrate, illustrate, portray
start              -  commence
keep             -  retain
free              -  release
get on someone’s nerves  -  bother
ring up         -  call
show up       -  arrive
let                -  permit
fill in            -  substitute, inform
block           -  undermine
give the go ahead, greenlight  -  authorize, authorise
say sorry     -  apologize, apologise
go up           -  increase
go down      -  decrease
set up         -  establish
look at        -  examine
blow up       -  explode
find out        -  discover
bring about  -  cause
put off          -  postpone, delay
rack up        -  accumulate
make up      -  fabricate
stand for      -  represent
find out        -  discover, ascertain
leave out     -  omit
point out      -  indicate
go against    -  oppose
get in touch with  -  contact

Transitions - Informal & Formal

Informal       -  Formal
Anyways      -  Nevertheless
Plus/Also      -  Moreover/ Furthermore
But               -  However
So                 -  Therefore/Thus
Also              -  In addition, Additionally
ASAP            -  as soon as possible/at your earliest convenience
Okay, OK     -  acceptable
In the meantime  -  In the interim
I think           -  In my opinion,
In the end,    -  Finally
To sum up     -  In conclusion,
In a nutshell/Basically  -  To summarize,
Anyway,        -  Notwithstanding
All right        -  Acceptable

Letter Expressions - Informal & Formal

Informal         -  Formal
Hi Robert,      -  Dear Sir or Madam
Just wanted to let you know…  -  I am writing to inform you…
Love,              -  Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully,
Cheers,          -  Yours Truly, Best regards, kind regards   
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

Emphasis Words - Informal & Formal

Informal               -  Formal
lots of/ a lot of     -  much, many
tons of, heaps of  -  large quantities of, a number of
totally                   -  completely, strongly
really, very           -  definitely

Slang - Informal & Formal

Informal        -  Formal
kids               -  children
bad                -  negative
good              -  positive
really big       -  considerable
right               -  correct
wrong             -  incorrect
smart              -  intelligent
cheap              -  inexpensive
loaded             -  rich

 

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