Matching Pairs Formal and informal languageOnline version Match the phrases - for each informal phrase, there will be a more formal one that is more appropriate in academic writing. by Ruth North 1 In my essay I am going to talk about… 2 I don’t know why… 3 The last paragraph of my essay is going to be about… 4 At the moment, some people think that… 5 I think that this is because… 6 I think it is sad that… 7 It’ll go up because… 8 We might need to… 9 I asked… The essay will explore… It is difficult to ascertain… Enquiries have been made… It will increase due to… It appears that this is because… The final part of this enquiry will address… It could be necessary to… It is unfortunate that… Current research indicates that…