Formal, informal and everything between: guided B2 practice

The practical change this module makes

Formal, informal and everything between moves from controlled examples to independent use under time or audience pressure. The opening lesson focuses on this outcome: Sorts sample sentences into formal, neutral, informal and names the markers. The checkpoint asks for this wider result: Passes an 8-item quiz; records one request in three registers. Keep your first attempt so you can compare clarity, accuracy and control at the end.

Level: B2. This module contains 5 connected lessons. Follow the order when the topic is new, or use the lesson map to repair one specific gap.

The lesson map

What useful practice looks like

• Register: reading the room in English: Sorts sample sentences into formal, neutral, informal and names the markers.
• Two words for everything: obtain or get?: Pairs 15 formal words with natural neutral/informal equivalents and picks by context.
• Textbook English vs real English: Replaces attested bookish or calqued phrasings with natural alternatives.

Use true information where possible. A sentence about your own routine, work or plans is easier to remember than a sentence copied from a model.

A study routine for Formal, informal and everything between

1. Read the outcome for Register: reading the room in English before the examples.
2. Say or write one model, then change at least two details.
3. Complete the quiz before opening its answer panels.
4. Use the module checkpoint to produce Checkpoint: same message, three registers independently.
5. Return only to the lesson that matches the error you found.

How the lessons work together

Formal, informal and everything between is a sequence, not a folder of unrelated pages. Register: reading the room in English establishes the first usable move. Later lessons add control, choice and time pressure. Checkpoint: same message, three registers asks you to combine the module without copying an answer.

• Register: reading the room in English: Sorts sample sentences into formal, neutral, informal and names the markers
• Two words for everything: obtain or get?: Pairs 15 formal words with natural neutral/informal equivalents and picks by context
• Textbook English vs real English: Replaces attested bookish or calqued phrasings with natural alternatives
• Requests and refusals people say yes to: Makes indirect requests and softened refusals matched to the relationship

Keep one piece of evidence from the first lesson and improve the same piece at the checkpoint. That comparison shows more than a quiz score because it records what changed in your own language.

Use Formal, informal and everything between beyond the course

After the checkpoint, change one variable: the listener, purpose, channel or time pressure. Keep the central meaning from Requests and refusals people say yes to while adapting the delivery. This shows whether the language is available outside the model.

If the result becomes unclear, compare it with the outcome for the exact lesson involved. Correct that gap instead of restarting unrelated work.

Start or continue the module

Your progress is saved on this device only.

1. 1Register: reading the room in English19 min, Not complete
2. 2Two words for everything: obtain or get?20 min, Not complete
3. 3Textbook English vs real English18 min, Not complete
4. 4Requests and refusals people say yes to19 min, Not complete
5. 5Checkpoint: same message, three registers20 min, Not complete

How to know you are ready to continue

Do not judge readiness by reading speed. You are ready when you can complete the checkpoint task with a clear message, understandable language and no copied answer. A small number of errors is normal at B2; errors should not hide your meaning.

If the checkpoint is difficult, repeat the lesson whose outcome matches the problem. That is faster than restarting the whole module.