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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.When should you use formal English?
  • A.Always, everywhere
  • B.When you are speaking to somebody you do not know well
  • C.Only when you are cross
2.You are writing to a head teacher. Which opening fits?
  • A.Hiya!
  • B.Dear Mrs Otu,
  • C.Yo
3.Which would you say to a friend in the playground?
  • A.Would you care to participate in a match?
  • B.Want a game?
  • C.I request your presence at football.
4.You are labelling a diagram. Which fits?
  • A.Look at these hairs!
  • B.Guard hairs: hollow and clear
  • C.These hairs are, like, see-through
5.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.
6.Which sentence is more formal?
  • A.Pen. Now.
  • B.Gimme a pen
  • C.May I borrow your pen, please?
7.Which would you say in a class presentation?
  • A.Today I am going to explain how paper is recycled.
  • B.So basically, paper and stuff.
  • C.Right, paper. Yeah.
8.Which sentence is written in complete form?
  • A.Forty pebbles, the crow.
  • B.The crow dropped forty pebbles into the pitcher.
  • C.Dropped forty pebbles.

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Answer key — Formal and Informal English

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

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

More practice for L.2.3

Choose between formal and informal English to suit the situation.

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