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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.Three accounts of one closure disagree. What is the most likely explanation?
  • A.The event did not happen
  • B.Each is written from a different position
  • C.Two of them are lying
2.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Speech can trail off; writing usually finishes the thought
  • B.Writing is always formal
  • C.Speech uses more commas
3.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
4.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The newspaper report
  • B.The worker's account
  • C.The owner's account
5.A mill owner's account leaves out the wage figures. Why might that be?
  • A.He did not know them
  • B.They were not what he was arguing about
  • C.They are secret
6.Which sentence uses its punctuation to create a pause for effect?
  • A.She, said, yes.
  • B.She said yes. Eventually.
  • C.She said yes eventually and that was that.
7.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
8.You are writing dialogue for a character from a particular place. What should guide you?
  • A.The shortest possible words
  • B.How that person would really speak
  • C.Formal written standard, always

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Answer key — Adapt Speech to the Context

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  1. 1.Each is written from a different position
  2. 2.Speech can trail off; writing usually finishes the thought
  3. 3.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  4. 4.The newspaper report
  5. 5.They were not what he was arguing about
  6. 6.She said yes. Eventually.
  7. 7.Because it presents events rather than one person's experience of them
  8. 8.How that person would really speak

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.