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Choose the Right Register is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on matching how formal a piece of writing is to its reader, aligned to Common Core standard W.2.6. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Choose the Right Register

W.2.6

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1.Which sentence is written in complete form?
  • A.Dropped forty pebbles.
  • B.Forty pebbles, the crow.
  • C.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
2.Which sentence suits a science write-up?
  • A.Bread. Flat. Bad.
  • B.The bread was a total disaster.
  • C.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
3.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.Look at these hairs!
  • B.These hairs are, like, see-through
  • C.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
4.Which belongs in a letter to a newspaper?
  • A.Plant trees. Obviously.
  • B.Trees are well good.
  • C.I believe the council should plant more trees.
5.Which opening suits a thank-you letter to a visitor?
  • A.Thanks for the chat!
  • B.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
  • C.Cheers for that.
6.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.Only formal words can be spelled
  • B.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  • C.Writing has to be longer
7.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  • B.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
  • C.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
8.Which sentence belongs in a school report?
  • A.They legged it down there dead fast.
  • B.Super quick, those guys.
  • C.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  2. 2.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  3. 3.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  4. 4.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  5. 5.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
  6. 6.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  7. 7.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  8. 8.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.2.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.