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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.Forty pebbles, the crow.
  • B.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  • C.Dropped forty pebbles.
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 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.
4.Which sentence suits a science write-up?
  • A.The bread was a total disaster.
  • B.Bread. Flat. Bad.
  • C.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
5.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.
6.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  • B.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
  • C.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
7.Which sentence belongs in a school report?
  • A.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.
  • B.Super quick, those guys.
  • C.They legged it down there dead fast.
8.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

LessonPrint · W.2.6 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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