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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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Circle the right answer.

1.Why does written English need end marks when speech does not?
  • A.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  • B.End marks make writing longer
  • C.Speakers write end marks too
2.Which is the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.Late gonna be.
  • B.I am going to be late.
  • C.Gonna be late!
3.A speaker can repeat a word to stress it. What does a writer often do instead?
  • A.Leave the word out
  • B.Write the word ten times
  • C.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation
4.In speech you can stop halfway and start again. Which is the written version of "I went, well, we went to the pool"?
  • A.Pool went we.
  • B.We went to the pool.
  • C.I went, well, we went.
5.Which is more likely in a written report than in speech?
  • A.The river is about forty miles long.
  • B.The river's, like, really long, you know?
  • C.Long river, that.
6.Which is spoken English, the way people really talk?
  • A.The class became lost on the way.
  • B.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  • C.We took a wrong turn and got lost.
7.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Speech always uses longer words
  • B.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  • C.Writing is always shorter
8.Why can a speaker say "this one" when a writer cannot?
  • A."This one" is spelled wrong
  • B.Writers are not allowed short words
  • C.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  2. 2.I am going to be late.
  3. 3.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation
  4. 4.We went to the pool.
  5. 5.The river is about forty miles long.
  6. 6.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  7. 7.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  8. 8.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot

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