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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 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
2.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.The topic and your opinion
  • B.Your weakest reason
  • C.Your conclusion
3.You are writing for younger children. What should change?
  • A.Nothing at all
  • B.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  • C.More technical terms
4.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
5.What does "organised for the task" mean?
  • A.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  • B.Typed rather than handwritten
  • C.Written in alphabetical order
6.You are writing instructions. How should they be organised?
  • A.In order of how interesting they are
  • B.As one long paragraph
  • C.As numbered steps in the order they happen
7.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.At the end, drawing the piece together
  • B.In the middle, as a break
  • C.At the start, to save time
8.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.Leave out the hard parts
  • C.Use as many technical terms as possible

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

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  1. 1.Group the related ones together
  2. 2.The topic and your opinion
  3. 3.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  4. 4.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  5. 5.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  6. 6.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  7. 7.At the end, drawing the piece together
  8. 8.Define the words they will not know

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