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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.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
2.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
3.You are writing for younger children. What should change?
  • A.More technical terms
  • B.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  • C.Nothing at all
4.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
5.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
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 are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your conclusion
  • B.The topic and your opinion
  • C.Your weakest reason
8.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

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  2. 2.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  3. 3.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  4. 4.Define the words they will not know
  5. 5.Group the related ones together
  6. 6.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  7. 7.The topic and your opinion
  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.