Converting informal to formal speech style

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Ineedwelp

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Please help me im having a hard time translating this casual speech into frozen speech style/formal style





And this is my speech about my passion.
When i was young at first i didnt know what i wanted to do with myself , what my passion is and who i wanted to be.
At first i was just studying and studying for the sake of studying without goal in mind no future dream that was until i started homescooling tho i didnt know what to do. to be honest i had plenty of free time i can do whatever i want and study how i want to and strangely enough i actually got lost and confused.
Since for once i was alone with my mind with my thoughts i didnt have to improve to anyone for once i didnt have to compete for something anymore for a while for a longer time so i started pondering and pondered until i found who i want to be well not exactly but what i wanted to do. I theres twon things i wanted to to with my life. One was to become a writer i wanted to write. To tell a story a grand tail of a brilliant adventure of a strory that i hope i would be able to last for such a long time and then theres the second one my second wish i wanted to become adventurer to explore the unknown.
To travel around the world and not only this world but worlds beyond. So i was also thinking as well as an astronaut. Going up there in space somewhere unknown ive always wanted to face the unknown but then again tho i dont have the courage to do so yet. This is why i started writing first at first i was just doing it just as an experimentation to see how good i was.
But then slowly eventually i started actually taking it somewhat passionately. I made a story and i made well i started writing story.
Im not done with it but i finally found the courage to do so. Im not yet done with writing the story tho but eventually ill get there. But hey its the first step to do for a brighter future for myself i guess. anyways, thats all for now thank u for watching this speech and goodbye
 

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What ideas do you have to do it? What constitutes a formal style to you?
 

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Please help me. I'm having a hard time translating this casual speech into frozen speech style/formal style.

[STRIKE]And[/STRIKE] This is my speech about my passion.

When I was young, at first I didn't know what I wanted to do with myself, what my passion [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] was and who I wanted to be.

At first, I was just studying and studying for the sake of studying without a goal in mind, no future dreams. That was until I started homeschooling, though I didn't know what to do.

To be honest, I had plenty of free time. I [STRIKE]can[/STRIKE] could do whatever I wanted, [STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] study how I wanted to and, strangely enough, I actually got lost and confused.

Since for once I was alone [STRIKE]with my mind[/STRIKE] with my thoughts, I didn't have to [STRIKE]improve[/STRIKE] prove anything to anyone. For once I didn't have to compete for something [STRIKE]anymore for a while for a longer time[/STRIKE] so I started pondering, and I pondered until I found who I wanted to be.

Well, not exactly, but what I wanted to do.

[STRIKE]I[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]Theres[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]There were[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]twon[/STRIKE] two things I wanted to [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] do with my life.

One was to become a writer - I wanted to write. To tell a story, a grand [STRIKE]tail[/STRIKE] tale of a brilliant adventure [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] or a [STRIKE]strory[/STRIKE] story that I hoped [STRIKE]i would be able to[/STRIKE] would last for [STRIKE]such[/STRIKE] a long time.

[STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] Then there's the second one. My second wish [STRIKE]i wanted[/STRIKE] was to become an adventurer to explore the unknown.

I wanted to travel around the world [STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] - not only this world but worlds beyond.

[STRIKE]So[/STRIKE] I was also thinking [STRIKE]as well as[/STRIKE] about being an astronaut. Going up there in space, somewhere unknown.

I'
ve always wanted to face the unknown but [STRIKE]then again[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]tho[/STRIKE] although I don't have the courage to do so yet.

This is why I started writing. [STRIKE]first[/STRIKE] At first, I was just doing it [STRIKE]just[/STRIKE] as an [STRIKE]experimentation[/STRIKE] experiment to see how good I was.

But then [STRIKE]slowly[/STRIKE] eventually I started actually taking it somewhat [STRIKE]passionately[/STRIKE] seriously.

I made a story and I made well I started writing story. This whole sentence makes no sense so I can't correct it.

I'm not done with it but I finally found the courage to [STRIKE]do so[/STRIKE] start it.

I'm not yet done with writing the story though but eventually I'll get there. But hey, it's the first step to [STRIKE]do[/STRIKE] for a brighter future for [STRIKE]myself[/STRIKE] me, I guess.

Anyways, that's all for now. Thank you for [STRIKE]watching[/STRIKE] listening to this speech and goodbye.

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Please note my multiple corrections above. Regardless of whether you are writing formal or informal English, certain rules must be followed. They are:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- Always capitalise the word "I" (first person singular plural).
- End every sentence with one appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always put a space after a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Don't put a space before a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always use an apostrophe in the appropriate place.

Don't write non-standard things like "tho" and "u". They are not words.

I have not attempted to change this into "formal speech". That's your job. I have simply shown you how to write correctly, added some missing words and made some minor grammatical changes.

What on earth is "frozen speech"?
 
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