Formal and Informal Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 25: Formal and informal words · Set 617 · 40 questions

Word tip (Know your reader): Informal (everyday) words are short and friendly: buy, help, get, tell. Formal words are longer and more serious: purchase, assist, receive, inform. Use formal words in letters to the principal, applications and reports; use everyday words with friends and family.

1. 1.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “immediately”? (a) often (b) about (c) right away (d) lucky
2. 2.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) sufficient (b) previous (c) fortunate (d) numerous
3. 3.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) conclude (b) purchase (c) reside (d) permit
4. 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “examination”? (a) bike (b) money (c) phone (d) test
5. 5.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “receive”? (a) tell (b) live (c) help (d) get
6. 6.Which is the formal word for “boss”? (a) error (b) supervisor (c) occupation (d) residence
7. 7.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) live (b) buy (c) tell (d) need
8. 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) leave (d) need
9. 9.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) about (b) often (c) lucky (d) enough
10. 10.Which is the formal word for “mistake”? (a) assistance (b) residence (c) error (d) occupation
11. 11.Which is the formal word for “often”? (a) approximately (b) frequently (c) previously (d) immediately
12. 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “assist”? (a) live (b) tell (c) help (d) buy
13. 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) phone (b) bike (c) money (d) mistake
14. 14.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) reside (b) require (c) assist (d) purchase
15. 15.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “descend”? (a) help (b) go down (c) need (d) buy
16. 16.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “inform”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) live (d) need
17. 17.Which is the formal word for “say sorry”? (a) purchase (b) apologise (c) conclude (d) reside
18. 18.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) lucky (b) often (c) enough (d) old
19. 19.Which is the formal word for “so”? (a) previously (b) frequently (c) approximately (d) therefore
20. 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) help (b) ask (c) buy (d) live
21. 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) also (b) lucky (c) often (d) enough
22. 22.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) live (b) buy (c) tell (d) help
23. 23.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) approximately (b) previously (c) immediately (d) subsequently
24. 24.Which is the formal word for “also”? (a) previously (b) approximately (c) additionally (d) immediately
25. 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) talk (b) need (c) live (d) buy
26. 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) about (b) enough (c) often (d) later
27. 27.Which is the formal word for “go down”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) require (d) descend
28. 28.Which is the formal word for “go up”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) conclude (d) ascend
29. 29.Which is the formal word for “check”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) commence (d) verify
30. 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “occupation”? (a) job (b) phone (c) bike (d) money
31. 31.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) inform (b) reside (c) conclude (d) require
32. 32.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) reside (b) conclude (c) inform (d) purchase
33. 33.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “refrigerator”? (a) bike (b) phone (c) money (d) fridge
34. 34.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) observe (b) require (c) purchase (d) reside
35. 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) so (b) but (c) about (d) often
36. 36.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) assistance (d) error
37. 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “conclude”? (a) buy (b) help (c) live (d) end
38. 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “approximately”? (a) about (b) often (c) enough (d) lucky
39. 39.Which is the formal word for “job”? (a) assistance (b) error (c) occupation (d) residence
40. 40.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) buy (b) live (c) need (d) show

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