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Spoken and Written English is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on recognizing where the two differ, aligned to Common Core standard L.3.3. 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 students 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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Spoken and Written English

L.3.3

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1.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Writing is always shorter
  • B.Speech always uses longer words
  • C.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
2.Why can a speaker say "this one" when a writer cannot?
  • A.Writers are not allowed short words
  • B."This one" is spelled wrong
  • C.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
3.Which would you write in a letter to a museum, not just say to a friend?
  • A.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  • B.Fossils, yeah, great.
  • C.Thanks, the fossils were cool!
4.You are writing dialogue. Should it sound like speech or like a report?
  • A.Like a report, always
  • B.Neither
  • C.Like speech, because that is what it is
5.Which is the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.I am going to be late.
  • B.Gonna be late!
  • C.Late gonna be.
6.Why does written English need end marks when speech does not?
  • A.End marks make writing longer
  • B.Speakers write end marks too
  • C.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
7.Which shows how a person speaks in a story's dialogue?
  • A.Leo asked them to wait for him.
  • B."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  • C.Leo requested that the others wait.
8.Which is more likely in a written report than in speech?
  • A.The river is about forty miles long.
  • B.Long river, that.
  • C.The river's, like, really long, you know?

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

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  1. 1.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  2. 2.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
  3. 3.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  4. 4.Like speech, because that is what it is
  5. 5.I am going to be late.
  6. 6.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  7. 7."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  8. 8.The river is about forty miles long.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.3.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.