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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 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.
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 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.
4.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.
5.Which is spoken English, the way people really talk?
  • A.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  • B.We took a wrong turn and got lost.
  • C.The class became lost on the way.
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.Speakers write end marks too
  • C.End marks make writing longer
7.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
8.Why can a speaker say "this one" when a writer cannot?
  • A.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
  • B.Writers are not allowed short words
  • C."This one" is spelled wrong

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It was, like, really far.
  2. 2.Like speech, because that is what it is
  3. 3.The river is about forty miles long.
  4. 4."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  5. 5.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  6. 6.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  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.