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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.Plant trees. Obviously.
  • B.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  • C.Trees are well good.
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.Which is too informal for a report?
  • A.The sound was very loud.
  • B.The noise measured ninety decibels.
  • C.It was mega loud.
4.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  • B.Writing has to be longer
  • C.Only formal words can be spelled
5.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.These hairs are, like, see-through
  • B.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  • C.Look at these hairs!
6.Which sentence belongs in a school report?
  • A.They legged it down there dead fast.
  • B.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.
  • C.Super quick, those guys.
7.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
  • B.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  • C.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
8.Which sentence is written in complete form?
  • A.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  • B.Forty pebbles, the crow.
  • C.Dropped forty pebbles.

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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