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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.Pool went we.
  • C.I went, well, we went.
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.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
4.Which sentence would you say aloud but not write in a report?
  • A.The journey was six thousand miles.
  • B.The journey was very long.
  • C.It was, like, really far.
5.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?
6.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
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 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

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.We went to the pool.
  2. 2.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  3. 3.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
  4. 4.It was, like, really far.
  5. 5.The river is about forty miles long.
  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.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete

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