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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 would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
  • B.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
  • C.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
2.Which sentence is written in complete form?
  • A.Dropped forty pebbles.
  • B.Forty pebbles, the crow.
  • C.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
3.Which is too informal for a report?
  • A.It was mega loud.
  • B.The noise measured ninety decibels.
  • C.The sound was very loud.
4.Which opening suits a thank-you letter to a visitor?
  • A.Cheers for that.
  • B.Thanks for the chat!
  • C.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
5.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.Only formal words can be spelled
  • B.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  • C.Writing has to be longer
6.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.These hairs are, like, see-through
  • B.Look at these hairs!
  • C.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
7.Which belongs in a letter to a newspaper?
  • A.Trees are well good.
  • B.Plant trees. Obviously.
  • C.I believe the council should plant more trees.
8.Which belongs in a note to your brother?
  • A.Be advised that bread is available.
  • B.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
  • C.I shall return at seventeen hundred hours.

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  2. 2.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  3. 3.It was mega loud.
  4. 4.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
  5. 5.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  6. 6.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  7. 7.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  8. 8.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.

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