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Formal and Informal Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 25: Formal and informal words · Set 954 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) but (b) often (c) so (d) about
  2. 2.Which is the formal word for “go down”? (a) purchase (b) require (c) reside (d) descend
  3. 3.Which is the formal word for “job”? (a) error (b) residence (c) assistance (d) occupation
  4. 4.Which is the formal word for “boss”? (a) residence (b) supervisor (c) error (d) occupation
  5. 5.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) residence (b) occupation (c) examination (d) error
  6. 6.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) error (b) assistance (c) occupation (d) residence
  7. 7.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “approximately”? (a) about (b) lucky (c) enough (d) often
  8. 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “assist”? (a) live (b) tell (c) buy (d) help
  9. 9.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) converse (b) reside (c) require (d) purchase
  10. 10.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) help (b) start (c) buy (d) live
  11. 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “examination”? (a) money (b) bike (c) phone (d) test
  12. 12.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) purchase (b) inform (c) reside (d) attempt
  13. 13.Which is the formal word for “lucky”? (a) frequent (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) fortunate
  14. 14.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) need (b) talk (c) live (d) buy
  15. 15.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) reside (b) inform (c) assist (d) receive
  16. 16.Which is the formal word for “check”? (a) commence (b) reside (c) purchase (d) verify
  17. 17.Which is the formal word for “go up”? (a) ascend (b) conclude (c) purchase (d) reside
  18. 18.Which is the formal word for “bike”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) bicycle (d) error
  19. 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) tell (b) need (c) buy (d) leave
  20. 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) enough (b) lucky (c) about (d) often
  21. 21.Which is the formal word for “doctor”? (a) error (b) physician (c) occupation (d) residence
  22. 22.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “telephone”? (a) bike (b) money (c) phone (d) fridge
  23. 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) buy (b) help (c) tell (d) live
  24. 24.Which is the formal word for “find out”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) discover (d) purchase
  25. 25.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) error (b) telephone (c) occupation (d) residence
  26. 26.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) purchase (b) respond (c) reside (d) require
  27. 27.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “consider”? (a) buy (b) help (c) think about (d) live
  28. 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) let (b) buy (c) tell (d) live
  29. 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “inform”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) live (d) need
  30. 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) live (d) give
  31. 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “residence”? (a) phone (b) house (c) money (d) bike
  32. 32.Which is the formal word for “give”? (a) reside (b) require (c) enquire (d) provide
  33. 33.Which is the formal word for “mistake”? (a) occupation (b) error (c) residence (d) assistance
  34. 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) later (b) often (c) enough (d) about
  35. 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “funds”? (a) phone (b) money (c) bike (d) fridge
  36. 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) money (b) phone (c) bike (d) mistake
  37. 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) buy (b) live (c) tell (d) go up
  38. 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “require”? (a) live (b) buy (c) need (d) tell
  39. 39.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) approximately (b) subsequently (c) immediately (d) previously
  40. 40.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) reside (b) require (c) inform (d) purchase

Answer key

  1. but
  2. descend
  3. occupation
  4. supervisor
  5. examination
  6. residence
  7. about
  8. help
  9. converse
  10. start
  11. test
  12. attempt
  13. fortunate
  14. talk
  15. receive
  16. verify
  17. ascend
  18. bicycle
  19. leave
  20. enough
  21. physician
  22. phone
  23. live
  24. discover
  25. telephone
  26. respond
  27. think about
  28. let
  29. tell
  30. give
  31. house
  32. provide
  33. error
  34. later
  35. money
  36. mistake
  37. go up
  38. need
  39. subsequently
  40. purchase

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