Formal and Informal Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 25: Formal and informal words · Set 743 · 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 “commence”? (a) help (b) live (c) buy (d) start
2. 2.Which is the formal word for “give”? (a) reside (b) provide (c) require (d) enquire
3. 3.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) require (d) respond
4. 4.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) reside (b) commence (c) assist (d) purchase
5. 5.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “require”? (a) need (b) tell (c) live (d) buy
6. 6.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) previous (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) sufficient
7. 7.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) old (d) enough
8. 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) often (d) enough
9. 9.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) so (b) often (c) about (d) but
10. 10.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “consider”? (a) buy (b) live (c) help (d) think about
11. 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) live (d) help
12. 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) need (b) talk (c) buy (d) live
13. 13.Which is the formal word for “often”? (a) frequently (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) previously
14. 14.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) lucky (b) enough (c) whole (d) often
15. 15.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) purchase (d) permit
16. 16.Which is the formal word for “job”? (a) error (b) occupation (c) assistance (d) residence
17. 17.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) approximately (b) subsequently (c) previously (d) immediately
18. 18.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) error (b) occupation (c) residence (d) examination
19. 19.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) conclude (b) assist (c) reside (d) enquire
20. 20.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) conclude (b) inform (c) require (d) reside
21. 21.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) residence (b) occupation (c) error (d) assistance
22. 22.Which is the formal word for “want”? (a) desire (b) purchase (c) reside (d) conclude
23. 23.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) assist (d) require
24. 24.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) error (d) telephone
25. 25.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) observe (b) reside (c) require (d) purchase
26. 26.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) previous (b) frequent (c) sufficient (d) fortunate
27. 27.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) reside (b) require (c) inform (d) purchase
28. 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) buy (b) live (c) tell (d) try
29. 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) enough (b) about (c) often (d) lucky
30. 30.Which is the formal word for “end”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) conclude (d) assist
31. 31.Which is the formal word for “find out”? (a) conclude (b) purchase (c) reside (d) discover
32. 32.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) receive (b) inform (c) assist (d) reside
33. 33.Which is the formal word for “main”? (a) fortunate (b) sufficient (c) principal (d) previous
34. 34.Which is the formal word for “think about”? (a) purchase (b) consider (c) reside (d) conclude
35. 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “descend”? (a) help (b) need (c) buy (d) go down
36. 36.Which is the formal word for “big”? (a) sufficient (b) fortunate (c) previous (d) substantial
37. 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) need (b) live (c) buy (d) tell
38. 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) also (b) often (c) enough (d) lucky
39. 39.Which is the formal word for “whole”? (a) fortunate (b) entire (c) sufficient (d) previous
40. 40.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) go up (d) live

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