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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.Why does written English need end marks when speech does not?
  • A.End marks make writing longer
  • B.Speakers write end marks too
  • C.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
2.Which shows how a person speaks in a story's dialogue?
  • A."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  • B.Leo asked them to wait for him.
  • C.Leo requested that the others wait.
3.Which is more likely in a written report than in speech?
  • A.Long river, that.
  • B.The river is about forty miles long.
  • C.The river's, like, really long, you know?
4.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Speech always uses longer words
  • B.Writing is always shorter
  • C.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
5.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.
6.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.We went to the pool.
  • C.I went, well, we went.
7.Which is the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.Gonna be late!
  • B.Late gonna be.
  • C.I am going to be late.
8.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.

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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