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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.Your piece has to fit on one side. What should you cut?
  • A.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  • B.Every adjective
  • C.The conclusion
2.You are writing for younger children. What should change?
  • A.Nothing at all
  • B.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  • C.More technical terms
3.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
4.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
5.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
6.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.Use as many technical terms as possible
  • C.Leave out the hard parts
7.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your conclusion
  • B.Your weakest reason
  • C.The topic and your opinion
8.You are writing a story rather than a report. What changes?
  • A.You must avoid all description
  • B.You cannot use paragraphs
  • C.You can show thoughts and use dialogue

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Answer key — Choose Your Words

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  2. 2.Shorter sentences and simpler words
  3. 3.Group the related ones together
  4. 4.Arranged so it does the job it was written for
  5. 5.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  6. 6.Define the words they will not know
  7. 7.The topic and your opinion
  8. 8.You can show thoughts and use dialogue

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