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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 is written in complete form?
  • A.Forty pebbles, the crow.
  • B.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  • C.Dropped forty pebbles.
3.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  • B.Look at these hairs!
  • C.These hairs are, like, see-through
4.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.
5.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.
6.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.
7.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
8.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.

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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