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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 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.
2.Which sentence is more formal?
  • A.Gimme a pen
  • B.May I borrow your pen, please?
  • C.Pen. Now.
3.Which sentence would you use in a story, not a report?
  • A.Yeast is needed for dough to rise.
  • B.Glass melts at a lower temperature as cullet.
  • C.Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen.
4.When should you use formal English?
  • A.Only when you are cross
  • B.When you are speaking to somebody you do not know well
  • C.Always, everywhere
5.You are texting a friend. Which fits?
  • A.See you at four
  • B.It is my intention to arrive
  • C.I shall attend at sixteen hundred hours
6.You are writing to a head teacher. Which opening fits?
  • A.Dear Mrs Otu,
  • B.Hiya!
  • C.Yo
7.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.
8.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  • B.These hairs are, like, see-through
  • C.Look at these hairs!

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Answer key — Formal and Informal English

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.