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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.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.At the start, to save time
  • B.In the middle, as a break
  • C.At the end, drawing the piece together
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.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
4.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
5.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your conclusion
  • B.Your weakest reason
  • C.The topic and your opinion
6.You are writing for younger children. What should change?
  • A.More technical terms
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.Shorter sentences and simpler words
7.What does "organised for the task" mean?
  • A.Typed rather than handwritten
  • B.Written in alphabetical order
  • C.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
8.You are writing instructions. How should they be organised?
  • A.As one long paragraph
  • B.In order of how interesting they are
  • C.As numbered steps in the order they happen

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.At the end, drawing the piece together
  2. 2.Define the words they will not know
  3. 3.Group the related ones together
  4. 4.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  5. 5.The topic and your opinion
  6. 6.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  7. 7.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  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.