Formal and Informal Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 25: Formal and informal words · Set 685 · 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 formal word for “end”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) assist (d) conclude
2. 2.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) purchase (b) permit (c) conclude (d) reside
3. 3.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) fortunate (b) previous (c) sufficient (d) frequent
4. 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “approximately”? (a) about (b) lucky (c) often (d) enough
5. 5.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “inform”? (a) tell (b) live (c) buy (d) need
6. 6.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) residence (b) occupation (c) error (d) assistance
7. 7.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) respond (b) require (c) purchase (d) reside
8. 8.Which is the formal word for “leave”? (a) require (b) depart (c) reside (d) purchase
9. 9.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) inform (b) purchase (c) reside (d) conclude
10. 10.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) require (b) purchase (c) inform (d) reside
11. 11.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) subsequently (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) previously
12. 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “conclude”? (a) buy (b) help (c) end (d) live
13. 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) enough (b) often (c) lucky (d) about
14. 14.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) assist (b) receive (c) reside (d) inform
15. 15.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) inform (b) commence (c) assist (d) reside
16. 16.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) tell (b) help (c) buy (d) live
17. 17.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) also (b) often (c) lucky (d) enough
18. 18.Which is the formal word for “kids”? (a) adults (b) colleagues (c) children (d) citizens
19. 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) money (b) phone (c) mistake (d) bike
20. 20.Which is the formal word for “lucky”? (a) sufficient (b) previous (c) fortunate (d) frequent
21. 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “frequently”? (a) enough (b) often (c) about (d) lucky
22. 22.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) enough (b) lucky (c) often (d) old
23. 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “apologise”? (a) live (b) help (c) buy (d) say sorry
24. 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “require”? (a) live (b) tell (c) need (d) buy
25. 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “consider”? (a) buy (b) help (c) think about (d) live
26. 26.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) error (b) examination (c) occupation (d) residence
27. 27.Which is the formal word for “go down”? (a) descend (b) require (c) purchase (d) reside
28. 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) try (b) tell (c) buy (d) live
29. 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “funds”? (a) bike (b) fridge (c) phone (d) money
30. 30.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) immediately (b) approximately (c) previous (d) sufficient
31. 31.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) require (d) converse
32. 32.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) purchase (b) require (c) observe (d) reside
33. 33.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “descend”? (a) go down (b) need (c) help (d) buy
34. 34.Which is the formal word for “doctor”? (a) physician (b) error (c) occupation (d) residence
35. 35.Which is the formal word for “before”? (a) previously (b) approximately (c) frequently (d) subsequently
36. 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) often (b) about (c) later (d) enough
37. 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) enough (d) about
38. 38.Which is the formal word for “old”? (a) previous (b) elderly (c) sufficient (d) fortunate
39. 39.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) assist (b) require (c) purchase (d) reside
40. 40.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) enquire (b) assist (c) reside (d) conclude

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