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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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1.A newspaper report quotes both the union and the Chamber of Commerce. What is it doing?
  • A.Agreeing with the union
  • B.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  • C.Agreeing with the Chamber
2.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Speech uses more commas
  • B.Speech can trail off; writing usually finishes the thought
  • C.Writing is always formal
3.You are writing dialogue for a character from a particular place. What should guide you?
  • A.Formal written standard, always
  • B.How that person would really speak
  • C.The shortest possible words
4.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The owner's account
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The worker's account
5.Three accounts of one closure disagree. What is the most likely explanation?
  • A.Two of them are lying
  • B.The event did not happen
  • C.Each is written from a different position
6.Which is a dialect difference rather than an error?
  • A.Spelling "their" as "there"
  • B.Leaving out a full stop
  • C."I were sat there" in some northern English varieties
7.Why does a report avoid the first person?
  • A.Because it presents events rather than one person's experience of them
  • B.Because "I" is informal
  • C.Because reports must be long
8."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

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Answer key — Adapt Speech to the Context

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  2. 2.Speech can trail off; writing usually finishes the thought
  3. 3.How that person would really speak
  4. 4.The newspaper report
  5. 5.Each is written from a different position
  6. 6."I were sat there" in some northern English varieties
  7. 7.Because it presents events rather than one person's experience of them
  8. 8.To keep the focus on the refusal rather than the words

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.