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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.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  • C.Nothing at all
2.You are writing a story rather than a report. What changes?
  • A.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  • B.You must avoid all description
  • C.You cannot use paragraphs
3.How do you know whether a paragraph belongs?
  • A.Count its sentences
  • B.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  • C.Check it is not the shortest
4.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.In the middle, as a break
  • B.At the end, drawing the piece together
  • C.At the start, to save time
5.You are explaining a process to somebody who knows nothing about it. What must you do?
  • A.Use as many technical terms as possible
  • B.Leave out the hard parts
  • C.Define the words they will not know
6.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
7.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.The topic and your opinion
  • B.Your conclusion
  • C.Your weakest reason
8.You are writing instructions. How should they be organised?
  • A.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  • B.As one long paragraph
  • C.In order of how interesting they are

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

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

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