Priceless.

In a recent discussion of the informal versus formal language with my 5th grade ELL students, I asked them to list as many examples of each as they could in 10 minutes. This is what they came up with:

Formal

Good evning
How are you doing today?
Hi there.
Nice whether were having
Is your day going?
Nice dress.
Nice day isint it.
Excuse me
Would you like some tea
Would you like some coffee
How old are you ma'am
Yes please
Nice doing buissnes with you?
Thank you very much

Informal

What up?
Whats your name dude?
Catch you later.
Peace out
See you later brother from another mother
It's cool
What's up dude.
Whats you doing?
Dude?
What's your age dude?
You stink.