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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 explaining a process to somebody who knows nothing about it. What must you do?
  • A.Use as many technical terms as possible
  • B.Define the words they will not know
  • C.Leave out the hard parts
2.Your piece has to fit on one side. What should you cut?
  • A.The conclusion
  • B.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  • C.Every adjective
3.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.The topic and your opinion
  • B.Your weakest reason
  • C.Your conclusion
4.You are writing for younger children. What should change?
  • A.Nothing at all
  • B.More technical terms
  • C.Shorter sentences and simpler words
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.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
7.You are writing instructions. How should they be organised?
  • A.In order of how interesting they are
  • B.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  • C.As one long paragraph
8.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.In the middle, as a break
  • B.At the start, to save time
  • C.At the end, drawing the piece together

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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