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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.It was, like, really far.
  • B.The journey was six thousand miles.
  • C.The journey was very long.
2.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.
3.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
4.Which is more likely in a written report than in speech?
  • A.The river's, like, really long, you know?
  • B.The river is about forty miles long.
  • C.Long river, that.
5.Which shows a difference between spoken and written English?
  • A.Writing is always shorter
  • B.Speech always uses longer words
  • C.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
6.Why can a speaker say "this one" when a writer cannot?
  • A."This one" is spelled wrong
  • B.Writers are not allowed short words
  • C.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
7.Which would you write in a letter to a museum, not just say to a friend?
  • A.Fossils, yeah, great.
  • B.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  • C.Thanks, the fossils were cool!
8.Which is spoken English, the way people really talk?
  • A.The class became lost on the way.
  • B.So, um, we sort of got lost.
  • C.We took a wrong turn and got lost.

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It was, like, really far.
  2. 2."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  3. 3.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  4. 4.The river is about forty miles long.
  5. 5.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  6. 6.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
  7. 7.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  8. 8.So, um, we sort of got lost.

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