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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.Cheers for that.
  • B.Thank you for coming to speak to our class.
  • C.Thanks for the chat!
2.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
3.Which belongs in a note to your brother?
  • A.Back at five — there's bread in the tin.
  • B.I shall return at seventeen hundred hours.
  • C.Be advised that bread is available.
4.Which is too informal for a report?
  • A.The sound was very loud.
  • B.The noise measured ninety decibels.
  • C.It was mega loud.
5.Which sentence suits a science write-up?
  • A.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  • B.Bread. Flat. Bad.
  • C.The bread was a total disaster.
6.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.
7.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.
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

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Answer key — Choose the Right Register

Set 6. 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.It was mega loud.
  5. 5.The dough did not rise because there was no yeast.
  6. 6.I believe the council should plant more trees.
  7. 7.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  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.