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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.Two of them are lying
  • B.Each is written from a different position
  • C.The event did not happen
2.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The owner's account
  • B.The worker's account
  • C.The newspaper report
3.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
4.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
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.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
7."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
8.A newspaper report quotes both the union and the Chamber of Commerce. What is it doing?
  • A.Agreeing with the Chamber
  • B.Agreeing with the union
  • C.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it

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Answer key — Adapt Speech to the Context

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.