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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 one long paragraph
  • B.In order of how interesting they are
  • C.As numbered steps in the order they happen
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.Use as many technical terms as possible
  • C.Leave out the hard parts
3.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your weakest reason
  • B.Your conclusion
  • C.The topic and your opinion
4.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.At the end, drawing the piece together
  • B.At the start, to save time
  • C.In the middle, as a break
5.What does "organised for the task" mean?
  • A.Written in alphabetical order
  • B.Typed rather than handwritten
  • C.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
6.You are writing a story rather than a report. What changes?
  • A.You must avoid all description
  • B.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  • C.You cannot use paragraphs
7.You have four facts about swallows. What is the best way to organise them?
  • A.Put the longest one first
  • B.Put them in the order you found them
  • C.Group the related ones together
8.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

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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