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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.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  • C.In order of how interesting they are
2.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your weakest reason
  • B.The topic and your opinion
  • C.Your conclusion
3.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
4.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
5.You are writing a story rather than a report. What changes?
  • A.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  • B.You cannot use paragraphs
  • C.You must avoid all description
6.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
7.You have four facts about swallows. What is the best way to organise them?
  • A.Put the longest one first
  • B.Group the related ones together
  • C.Put them in the order you found them
8.What does "organised for the task" mean?
  • A.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  • B.Written in alphabetical order
  • C.Typed rather than handwritten

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

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  1. 1.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  2. 2.The topic and your opinion
  3. 3.Define the words they will not know
  4. 4.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  5. 5.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  6. 6.At the end, drawing the piece together
  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.