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Last modified by Christina Chatwell on 2026/04/28 14:13
From version 30.1
edited by Christina Chatwell
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To version 36.1
edited by Edyta Rethfeldt
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35 35  {{/exercise}}
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38 38  )))
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39 +{{exercise id="Impersonal style I" source="AG Englisch"}}
40 +Compare the two paragraphs below and find which one uses the impersonal style. Highlight the expressions which make it sound more impersonal and write the down below.
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41 -{{exercise id="The impersonal style" source="AG Englisch"}}
42 -Compare the two paragraphs below and find which one uses the impersonal style. Highlight the expressions which make it sound more impersonal and write the down below. {{/exercise}}
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44 44  |A. Today the sky is cloudy and I feel very cold. I prefer to stay at home this afternoon. I heard that we might have a snowstorm in a few hours. I’d rather not go to the meeting at the café. I have a lot of work to do at home and I don’t have time. |B. Today it’s cloudy and very cold. People say it’s better to stay at home this afternoon. It is believed that there will be a snowstorm in a few hours. It might be better not to go to the meeting at the café. There is a lot of work to do at home and it’s already very late.
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52 52  {{/exercise}}
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51 +{{exercise id="Impersonal style II" source="AG Englisch"}}
52 +Put the following sentences in an impersonal style.
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55 -{{exercise id="The impersonal style I" source="AG Englisch"}}
56 -Put the following sentences in an impersonal style. {{/exercise}}
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55 +|a. I am sad because that you can’t come. ⟶|It is _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
56 +|b. I have a lot of work to finish. ⟶| There is _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
57 +|c. I feel so stressed. ⟶|People say that _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
58 +|d. I work very well in this team. ⟶|People _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
59 +|e. I think it’s wrong that you tell lies. ⟶|It is well-known that _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
60 +{{/exercise}}
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62 +{{exercise id="Informal Email vs Formal Letter" source="AG Englisch"}}
63 +After having written a draft in English of your letter/email compare your text with the information in the table below. Then rewrite your text if necessary.
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60 -a. I am sad because that you can’t come. ⟶ It is _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
61 -b. I have a lot of work to finish. ⟶ There is _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
62 -c. I feel so stressed. ⟶ People say that _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
63 -d. I work very well in this team. ⟶ People _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
64 -e. I think it’s wrong that you tell lies. ⟶ It is well-known that _~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
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65 +(% class="border" %)
66 +|=Aspect|=Informal Email |=Formal Letter
67 +|=Register/ Style/ Tone| Personal, emotional, contractions (I'm, don't), direct questions/ Conversational
68 +and friendly | Polite, neutral, full forms (I am, do not), no slang/ Respectful and formal
69 +|=Greeting /Ending | Hi Emma, ... / Take care, Love, | Dear Sir or Madam, / Yours faithfully,
70 +|=Typical Connectors | first of all, besides, anyway, what do you think? | moreover, in addition, however, therefore, to conclude
66 66  {{/exercise}}
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