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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 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
2.Your piece has to fit on one side. What should you cut?
  • A.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  • B.The conclusion
  • C.Every adjective
3.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
4.You are explaining a process to somebody who knows nothing about it. What must you do?
  • A.Leave out the hard parts
  • B.Use as many technical terms as possible
  • C.Define the words they will not know
5.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
6.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
7.You are writing for younger children. What should change?
  • A.More technical terms
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.Shorter sentences and simpler words
8.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

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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