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Adapt Speech to the Context is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on choosing the register a task and situation call for, aligned to Common Core standard SL.5.6. 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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Adapt Speech to the Context

SL.5.6

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Tick the right answer.

1.Why does a report avoid the first person?
  • A.Because reports must be long
  • B.Because it presents events rather than one person's experience of them
  • C.Because "I" is informal
2."He would rather not say." Why might a writer report this instead of quoting it?
  • A.Because quotations are banned
  • B.To save space
  • C.To keep the focus on the refusal rather than the words
3.A newspaper report quotes both the union and the Chamber of Commerce. What is it doing?
  • A.Agreeing with the union
  • B.Agreeing with the Chamber
  • C.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
4.A mill owner's account leaves out the wage figures. Why might that be?
  • A.They are secret
  • B.He did not know them
  • C.They were not what he was arguing about
5.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The newspaper report
  • B.The worker's account
  • C.The owner's account
6.Which is a dialect difference rather than an error?
  • A.Spelling "their" as "there"
  • B."I were sat there" in some northern English varieties
  • C.Leaving out a full stop
7.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Writing is always formal
  • B.Speech uses more commas
  • C.Speech can trail off; writing usually finishes the thought
8.Three accounts of one closure disagree. What is the most likely explanation?
  • A.Each is written from a different position
  • B.The event did not happen
  • C.Two of them are lying

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Answer key — Adapt Speech to the Context

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Because it presents events rather than one person's experience of them
  2. 2.To keep the focus on the refusal rather than the words
  3. 3.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  4. 4.They were not what he was arguing about
  5. 5.The newspaper report
  6. 6."I were sat there" in some northern English varieties
  7. 7.Speech can trail off; writing usually finishes the thought
  8. 8.Each is written from a different position

More practice for SL.5.6

Adapt how you speak to the context, using formal English when it fits.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.5.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.