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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.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  • C.Forty pebbles, the crow.
2.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
  • B.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
  • C.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
3.Which opening suits a thank-you letter to a visitor?
  • A.Cheers for that.
  • B.Thanks for the chat!
  • C.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
4.Which sentence suits a science write-up?
  • A.The bread was a total disaster.
  • B.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  • C.Bread. Flat. Bad.
5.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
6.Which is too informal for a report?
  • A.The noise measured ninety decibels.
  • B.The sound was very loud.
  • C.It was mega loud.
7.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.
8.Which belongs in a letter to a newspaper?
  • A.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  • B.Trees are well good.
  • C.Plant trees. Obviously.

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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