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Formal or Informal? is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on choosing the level of formality a situation needs, aligned to Common Core standard SL.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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Formal or Informal?

SL.2.6

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1.When should you use formal English?
  • A.When you are speaking to somebody you do not know well
  • B.Only when you are cross
  • C.Always, everywhere
2.Which would you say in a class presentation?
  • A.Today I am going to explain how paper is recycled.
  • B.Right, paper. Yeah.
  • C.So basically, paper and stuff.
3.Why does the way you speak change with who you are speaking to?
  • A.Because some words are banned
  • B.Because different situations need different levels of formality
  • C.Because some people cannot hear
4.Which sentence sounds better in a written report?
  • A.The lifeboat launched within six minutes.
  • B.Boat. Fast. Sea.
  • C.The lifeboat, like, went super fast.
5.Which would you say to a friend in the playground?
  • A.I request your presence at football.
  • B.Would you care to participate in a match?
  • C.Want a game?
6.Which of these is informal?
  • A.It was massive!
  • B.It was very large.
  • C.It measured two metres.
7.Which sentence is more formal?
  • A.Pen. Now.
  • B.Gimme a pen
  • C.May I borrow your pen, please?
8.Which is a complete sentence for a piece of writing?
  • A.The crow dropped in forty pebbles.
  • B.Dropped in, the crow.
  • C.Forty pebbles.

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Answer key — Formal or Informal?

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.When you are speaking to somebody you do not know well
  2. 2.Today I am going to explain how paper is recycled.
  3. 3.Because different situations need different levels of formality
  4. 4.The lifeboat launched within six minutes.
  5. 5.Want a game?
  6. 6.It was massive!
  7. 7.May I borrow your pen, please?
  8. 8.The crow dropped in forty pebbles.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.2.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.