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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 instructions. How should they be organised?
  • A.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  • B.In order of how interesting they are
  • C.As one long paragraph
2.Your piece has to fit on one side. What should you cut?
  • A.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  • B.Every adjective
  • C.The conclusion
3.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
4.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your weakest reason
  • B.Your conclusion
  • C.The topic and your opinion
5.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.In the middle, as a break
  • B.At the start, to save time
  • C.At the end, drawing the piece together
6.How do you know whether a paragraph belongs?
  • A.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  • B.Count its sentences
  • C.Check it is not the shortest
7.What does "organised for the task" mean?
  • A.Typed rather than handwritten
  • B.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  • C.Written in alphabetical order
8.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.Use as many technical terms as possible
  • C.Leave out the hard parts

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  2. 2.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  3. 3.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  4. 4.The topic and your opinion
  5. 5.At the end, drawing the piece together
  6. 6.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  7. 7.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  8. 8.Define the words they will not know

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