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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.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.Writing has to be longer
  • B.Only formal words can be spelled
  • C.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
2.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
3.Which sentence suits a science write-up?
  • A.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  • B.The bread was a total disaster.
  • C.Bread. Flat. Bad.
4.Which opening suits a thank-you letter to a visitor?
  • A.Thanks for the chat!
  • B.Cheers for that.
  • C.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
5.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.
6.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.
7.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.
8.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
  • B.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
  • C.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

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