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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 belongs in a letter to a newspaper?
  • A.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  • B.Plant trees. Obviously.
  • C.Trees are well good.
2.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  • B.These hairs are, like, see-through
  • C.Look at these hairs!
3.Which sentence belongs in a school report?
  • A.Super quick, those guys.
  • B.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.
  • C.They legged it down there dead fast.
4.Which sentence is written in complete form?
  • A.Forty pebbles, the crow.
  • B.Dropped forty pebbles.
  • C.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
5.Which belongs in a note to your brother?
  • A.Be advised that bread is available.
  • B.I shall return at seventeen hundred hours.
  • C.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
6.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  • B.Only formal words can be spelled
  • C.Writing has to be longer
7.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.
8.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.

LessonPrint · W.2.6 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  2. 2.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  3. 3.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.
  4. 4.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  5. 5.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
  6. 6.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  7. 7.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  8. 8.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.

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