Formal and Informal Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 25: Formal and informal words · Set 8 · 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 “ascend”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) live (d) go up
2. 2.Which is the formal word for “main”? (a) fortunate (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) principal
3. 3.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) reside (b) require (c) conclude (d) inform
4. 4.Which is the formal word for “right away”? (a) previously (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) frequently
5. 5.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) error (b) residence (c) occupation (d) assistance
6. 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “conclude”? (a) live (b) help (c) end (d) buy
7. 7.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) purchase (b) assist (c) reside (d) require
8. 8.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) require (b) purchase (c) observe (d) reside
9. 9.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) buy (b) live (c) tell (d) help
10. 10.Which is the formal word for “so”? (a) therefore (b) approximately (c) frequently (d) previously
11. 11.Which is the formal word for “friend”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) companion (d) error
12. 12.Which is the formal word for “go up”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) ascend (d) purchase
13. 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) buy (b) talk (c) live (d) need
14. 14.Which is the formal word for “show”? (a) conclude (b) demonstrate (c) require (d) reside
15. 15.Which is the formal word for “bike”? (a) error (b) occupation (c) residence (d) bicycle
16. 16.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) error (b) residence (c) occupation (d) telephone
17. 17.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) but (b) often (c) about (d) so
18. 18.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “previously”? (a) often (b) enough (c) before (d) about
19. 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) need (d) live
20. 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) often (b) old (c) enough (d) lucky
21. 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “refrigerator”? (a) bike (b) fridge (c) phone (d) money
22. 22.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) whole (b) lucky (c) enough (d) often
23. 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “receive”? (a) tell (b) live (c) help (d) get
24. 24.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) approximately (b) immediately (c) subsequently (d) previously
25. 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “occupation”? (a) phone (b) money (c) bike (d) job
26. 26.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) assist (d) commence
27. 27.Which is the formal word for “mistake”? (a) residence (b) assistance (c) error (d) occupation
28. 28.Which is the formal word for “whole”? (a) sufficient (b) entire (c) fortunate (d) previous
29. 29.Which is the formal word for “check”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) verify (d) commence
30. 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) about (b) later (c) enough (d) often
31. 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) help (b) buy (c) start (d) live
32. 32.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) occupation (b) examination (c) residence (d) error
33. 33.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) converse (d) require
34. 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) bike (b) money (c) mistake (d) phone
35. 35.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) permit (d) conclude
36. 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “descend”? (a) need (b) buy (c) help (d) go down
37. 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) lucky (b) also (c) enough (d) often
38. 38.Which is the formal word for “want”? (a) conclude (b) purchase (c) desire (d) reside
39. 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) tell (b) let (c) live (d) buy
40. 40.Which is the formal word for “job”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) assistance (d) error

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