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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.Put the longest one first
  • B.Put them in the order you found them
  • C.Group the related ones together
2.You are writing an opinion piece. What belongs first?
  • A.Your weakest reason
  • B.Your conclusion
  • C.The topic and your opinion
3.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
4.How do you know whether a paragraph belongs?
  • A.Count its sentences
  • B.Check it is not the shortest
  • C.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
5.You are writing a story rather than a report. What changes?
  • A.You cannot use paragraphs
  • B.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  • C.You must avoid all description
6.Where should a conclusion go, and what should it do?
  • A.In the middle, as a break
  • B.At the end, drawing the piece together
  • C.At the start, to save time
7.Your piece has to fit on one side. What should you cut?
  • A.Every adjective
  • B.The conclusion
  • C.Anything that does not serve the purpose
8.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

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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.As numbered steps in the order they happen
  4. 4.Ask whether it serves the task and the reader
  5. 5.You can show thoughts and use dialogue
  6. 6.At the end, drawing the piece together
  7. 7.Anything that does not serve the purpose
  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.