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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.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!
2.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.
3.Which opening suits a thank-you letter to a visitor?
  • A.Thanks for the chat!
  • B.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
  • C.Cheers for that.
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 belongs in a note to your brother?
  • A.I shall return at seventeen hundred hours.
  • B.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
  • C.Be advised that bread is available.
6.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.
7.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.
8.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.Writing has to be longer
  • B.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  • C.Only formal words can be spelled

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  2. 2.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.
  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.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
  6. 6.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  7. 7.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  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.