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

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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.She said yes. Eventually.
  4. 4.The newspaper report
  5. 5.To keep the focus on the refusal rather than the words
  6. 6.They were not what he was arguing about
  7. 7."I were sat there" in some northern English varieties
  8. 8.Because it presents events rather than one person's experience of them

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