A Story with Dialogue is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on using dialogue and description to develop events, aligned to Common Core standard W.3.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with 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.

Set 4 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

One paper per pupil

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

A Story with Dialogue

W.3.3

NameDate

Write on the lines. Use the checklist.

1.Explain why swallows migrate. Use cause-and-effect language.

I grouped my information
I used cause words
I used facts
I wrote a conclusion

2.Explain how Louis Braille invented his system. Use time words.

I grouped my information
I used time words
I used facts
I wrote a conclusion

LessonPrint · W.3.3 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — A Story with Dialogue

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

1.The insect cause explained with because or so, and a conclusion.
2.The invention explained chronologically with time words and a conclusion.

More practice for W.3.3

Write a story with a narrator, dialogue, description and a proper ending.

Teaching this next? Narratives With Dialogue and Description is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.3.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.