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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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Tick the right answer.

1.Which sentence is written in complete form?
  • A.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  • B.Dropped forty pebbles.
  • C.Forty pebbles, the crow.
2.You are writing to a head teacher. Which opening fits?
  • A.Dear Mrs Otu,
  • B.Yo
  • C.Hiya!
3.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.These hairs are, like, see-through
  • B.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  • C.Look at these hairs!
4.Why does written English tend to be more formal than talking?
  • A.Writing has to be longer
  • B.Only formal words can be spelled
  • C.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
5.When should you use formal English?
  • A.When you are speaking to somebody you do not know well
  • B.Always, everywhere
  • C.Only when you are cross
6.Which sentence is more formal?
  • A.Pen. Now.
  • B.Gimme a pen
  • C.May I borrow your pen, please?
7.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.
8.You are texting a friend. Which fits?
  • A.I shall attend at sixteen hundred hours
  • B.It is my intention to arrive
  • C.See you at four

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Answer key — Formal and Informal English

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  2. 2.Dear Mrs Otu,
  3. 3.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  4. 4.The reader cannot ask you what you meant
  5. 5.When you are speaking to somebody you do not know well
  6. 6.May I borrow your pen, please?
  7. 7.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
  8. 8.See you at four

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.