Name: ______________________________
Class Period: __________________
(I mean, Hello, sir, How are you today?)
Directions: During a professional job interview or conversation you will be expected to have
mastered the FORMAL register of language. Below are statements in various Registers of
Language, your job is to identify which register is being used and to translate it into the requested
register.
Original
Register?
Translate to
Hello, Mr. Reynolds, how may I
Casual
help you today?
Yo, baby! She’s fine!
Formal
I think you should consider all
of your options regarding
school.
Casual
Dude!
thinking?
grip!
Consultative
What were you
You need to get a
Good morning, daughter, it’s
time to get out of bed.
Intimate
I will always be loyal to the US.
Frozen
Hey, fool, gimme dat marker.
Formal
Wassup, fool, what’d you do
Sat’dy night?
Formal
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Formal
How you doin’?
Formal