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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 is more likely in a written report than in speech?
  • A.The river is about forty miles long.
  • B.The river's, like, really long, you know?
  • C.Long river, that.
2.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
3.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.
4.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.
5.You are writing dialogue. Should it sound like speech or like a report?
  • A.Like a report, always
  • B.Like speech, because that is what it is
  • C.Neither
6.A speaker can repeat a word to stress it. What does a writer often do instead?
  • A.Write the word ten times
  • B.Leave the word out
  • C.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation
7.Which is the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.Late gonna be.
  • B.Gonna be late!
  • C.I am going to be late.
8.Why can a speaker say "this one" when a writer cannot?
  • A.Writers are not allowed short words
  • B.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
  • C."This one" is spelled wrong

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The river is about forty miles long.
  2. 2.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  3. 3.We went to the pool.
  4. 4.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  5. 5.Like speech, because that is what it is
  6. 6.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation
  7. 7.I am going to be late.
  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.