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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 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
3.Which is more likely in a written report than in speech?
  • A.The river's, like, really long, you know?
  • B.Long river, that.
  • C.The river is about forty miles long.
4.Which is the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.I am going to be late.
  • B.Gonna be late!
  • C.Late gonna be.
5.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.
6.A speaker can repeat a word to stress it. What does a writer often do instead?
  • A.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation
  • B.Leave the word out
  • C.Write the word ten times
7.Which shows how a person speaks in a story's dialogue?
  • A."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  • B.Leo requested that the others wait.
  • C.Leo asked them to wait for him.
8.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.

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

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  1. 1.We went to the pool.
  2. 2.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  3. 3.The river is about forty miles long.
  4. 4.I am going to be late.
  5. 5.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  6. 6.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation
  7. 7."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  8. 8.It was, like, really far.

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