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Formal and Informal English is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on choosing the English a situation calls for, aligned to Common Core standard L.2.3. 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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Formal and Informal English

L.2.3

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1.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  • B.Writing has to be longer
  • C.Only formal words can be spelled
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 sentence is more formal?
  • A.May I borrow your pen, please?
  • B.Pen. Now.
  • C.Gimme a pen
4.Which would you say in a class presentation?
  • A.So basically, paper and stuff.
  • B.Today I am going to explain how paper is recycled.
  • C.Right, paper. Yeah.
5.You are texting a friend. Which fits?
  • A.See you at four
  • B.I shall attend at sixteen hundred hours
  • C.It is my intention to arrive
6.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
7.You are writing to a head teacher. Which opening fits?
  • A.Dear Mrs Otu,
  • B.Hiya!
  • C.Yo
8.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  • B.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
  • C.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.

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Answer key — Formal and Informal English

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  2. 2.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  3. 3.May I borrow your pen, please?
  4. 4.Today I am going to explain how paper is recycled.
  5. 5.See you at four
  6. 6.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  7. 7.Dear Mrs Otu,
  8. 8.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.

More practice for L.2.3

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.2.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.