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Choose Your Words is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on organising a piece so it does the job it was written for, aligned to Common Core standard W.3.4. 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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Choose Your Words

W.3.4

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1.You are writing for younger children. What should change?
  • A.More technical terms
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.Shorter sentences and simpler words
2.You are explaining a process to somebody who knows nothing about it. What must you do?
  • A.Define the words they will not know
  • B.Leave out the hard parts
  • C.Use as many technical terms as possible
3.How do you know whether a paragraph belongs?
  • A.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  • B.Check it is not the shortest
  • C.Count its sentences
4.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.At the start, to save time
  • B.At the end, drawing the piece together
  • C.In the middle, as a break
5.Your piece has to fit on one side. What should you cut?
  • A.Every adjective
  • B.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  • C.The conclusion
6.You are writing a story rather than a report. What changes?
  • A.You must avoid all description
  • B.You cannot use paragraphs
  • C.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
7.You have four facts about swallows. What is the best way to organise them?
  • A.Group the related ones together
  • B.Put them in the order you found them
  • C.Put the longest one first
8.What does "organised for the task" mean?
  • A.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  • B.Typed rather than handwritten
  • C.Written in alphabetical order

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  2. 2.Define the words they will not know
  3. 3.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  4. 4.At the end, drawing the piece together
  5. 5.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  6. 6.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  7. 7.Group the related ones together
  8. 8.Arranged so it does the job it was written for

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.3.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.