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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.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
2.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
3.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The worker's account
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The owner's account
4.Why does a report avoid the first person?
  • A.Because reports must be long
  • B.Because "I" is informal
  • C.Because it presents events rather than one person's experience of them
5.You are writing dialogue for a character from a particular place. What should guide you?
  • A.The shortest possible words
  • B.Formal written standard, always
  • C.How that person would really speak
6.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.
7."He would rather not say." Why might a writer report this instead of quoting it?
  • A.To save space
  • B.Because quotations are banned
  • C.To keep the focus on the refusal rather than the words
8.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

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Answer key — Adapt Speech to the Context

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.