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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 the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.Late gonna be.
  • B.I am going to be late.
  • C.Gonna be late!
3.Which is spoken English, the way people really talk?
  • A.We took a wrong turn and got lost.
  • B.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  • C.The class became lost on the way.
4.You are writing dialogue. Should it sound like speech or like a report?
  • A.Like speech, because that is what it is
  • B.Neither
  • C.Like a report, always
5.Which sentence would you say aloud but not write in a report?
  • A.It was, like, really far.
  • B.The journey was very long.
  • C.The journey was six thousand miles.
6.Which would you write in a letter to a museum, not just say to a friend?
  • A.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  • B.Thanks, the fossils were cool!
  • C.Fossils, yeah, great.
7.Which shows how a person speaks in a story's dialogue?
  • A.Leo requested that the others wait.
  • B.Leo asked them to wait for him.
  • C."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
8.Why does written English need end marks when speech does not?
  • A.Speakers write end marks too
  • B.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  • C.End marks make writing longer

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

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  1. 1.We went to the pool.
  2. 2.I am going to be late.
  3. 3.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  4. 4.Like speech, because that is what it is
  5. 5.It was, like, really far.
  6. 6.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  7. 7."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  8. 8.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins

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