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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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Circle the right answer.

1.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
2.In speech you can stop halfway and start again. Which is the written version of "I went, well, we went to the pool"?
  • A.I went, well, we went.
  • B.We went to the pool.
  • C.Pool went we.
3.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
4.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.Fossils, yeah, great.
  • C.Thanks, the fossils were cool!
5.Which is the written version of "Gonna be late!"?
  • A.I am going to be late.
  • B.Late gonna be.
  • C.Gonna be late!
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 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.A speaker can repeat a word to stress it. What does a writer often do instead?
  • A.Write the word ten times
  • B.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation
  • C.Leave the word out

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Answer key — Spoken and Written English

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A reader cannot hear where one sentence ends and the next begins
  2. 2.We went to the pool.
  3. 3.Speech can be unfinished; writing usually has to be complete
  4. 4.Thank you for showing our class the fossils.
  5. 5.I am going to be late.
  6. 6.A listener can see what the speaker points at; a reader cannot
  7. 7."Hang on, wait for me!" called Leo.
  8. 8.Choose a stronger word or add punctuation

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