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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.In speech you can stop halfway and start again. Which is the written version of "I went, well, we went to the pool"?
  • A.We went to the pool.
  • B.I went, well, we went.
  • C.Pool went we.
2.Which is spoken English, the way people really talk?
  • A.We took a wrong turn and got lost.
  • B.The class became lost on the way.
  • C.So, um, we sort of got lost.
3.Which shows how a person speaks in a story's dialogue?
  • A.Leo asked them to wait for him.
  • B.Leo requested that the others wait.
  • C."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
4.Which is more likely in a written report than in speech?
  • A.Long river, that.
  • B.The river's, like, really long, you know?
  • C.The river is about forty miles long.
5.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  • B.Writing is always shorter
  • C.Speech always uses longer words
6.Why does written English need end marks when speech does not?
  • A.End marks make writing longer
  • B.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  • C.Speakers write end marks too
7.Which would you write in a letter to a museum, not just say to a friend?
  • A.Fossils, yeah, great.
  • B.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  • C.Thanks, the fossils were cool!
8.Which sentence would you say aloud but not write in a report?
  • A.The journey was six thousand miles.
  • B.It was, like, really far.
  • C.The journey was very long.

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.We went to the pool.
  2. 2.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  3. 3."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  4. 4.The river is about forty miles long.
  5. 5.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  6. 6.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  7. 7.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  8. 8.It was, like, really far.

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