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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.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.Be advised that bread is available.
  • B.I shall return at seventeen hundred hours.
  • C.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
4.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
5.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.
6.Which is too informal for a report?
  • A.The sound was very loud.
  • B.It was mega loud.
  • C.The noise measured ninety decibels.
7.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.
8.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.

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
  2. 2.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  3. 3.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
  4. 4.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  5. 5.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  6. 6.It was mega loud.
  7. 7.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  8. 8.The volunteers reached the station within six minutes.

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