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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 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
2.You are writing dialogue. Should it sound like speech or like a report?
  • A.Neither
  • B.Like a report, always
  • C.Like speech, because that is what it is
3.Which shows how a person speaks in a story's dialogue?
  • A.Leo requested that the others wait.
  • B."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  • C.Leo asked them to wait for him.
4.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.
5.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.I went, well, we went.
  • C.We went to the pool.
6.Which would you write in a letter to a museum, not just say to a friend?
  • A.Thanks, the fossils were cool!
  • B.Fossils, yeah, great.
  • C.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
7.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.
8.Which is the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.Gonna be late!
  • B.I am going to be late.
  • C.Late gonna be.

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
  2. 2.Like speech, because that is what it is
  3. 3."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  4. 4.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  5. 5.We went to the pool.
  6. 6.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  7. 7.It was, like, really far.
  8. 8.I am going to be late.

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