Formal and Informal Writing

Years 5 & 6 · Standard English · Register & vocabulary

F O R
Upper Key Stage 2 children learning to recognise and control formal and informal language — a key Year 5 and 6 grammar objective and a frequent feature of the KS2 SPaG test.

W H AT ’ S I N S I D E
Clear explanation of register with side-by-side examples
Sorting, matching and ‘spot the register’ practice
Formal synonyms, contractions and question tags
Rewrite tasks: informal to formal and formal to informal
An extended writing task and full answer key