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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 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.
2.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
  • B.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  • C.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
3.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.
4.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.Only formal words can be spelled
  • B.Writing has to be longer
  • C.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
5.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!
6.Which is too informal for a report?
  • A.It was mega loud.
  • B.The sound was very loud.
  • C.The noise measured ninety decibels.
7.Which belongs in a note to your brother?
  • A.I shall return at seventeen hundred hours.
  • B.Be advised that bread is available.
  • C.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
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 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
  2. 2.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  3. 3.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  4. 4.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  5. 5.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  6. 6.It was mega loud.
  7. 7.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
  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.