20 free english resources for Year 3, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
English develops reading, writing, spelling and grammar together. Strong readers write better, and students who understand sentence structure read with more understanding. Our English resources separate those strands so you can target the one that needs work, while reading passages, writing prompts and grammar activities all reinforce one another.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students find the nouns in sentences, decide whether each noun is a person, place or thing, and count nouns in a short passage. Builds the…
Students learn that conjunctions are joining words that link two ideas into one sentence, and that each one shows a different…
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. Students practise the sets that cause the…
Students learn that verbs change to show when something happens: in the past, right now, or in the future. They identify the tense of…
Students learn that synonyms are words with a similar meaning and antonyms are words with the opposite meaning. They choose synonyms,…
Students learn the difference between adjectives, which describe nouns, and adverbs, which describe verbs and often end in -ly. They sort…
Students learn to punctuate what people say: speech marks around the spoken words, a capital letter to start the speech, and a comma,…
Students sort common and proper nouns, add capital letters to proper nouns, and write their own sentences using both. A clear, friendly…
Students revise commas in lists and learn three more uses: after an opening phrase, around a person's name when speaking to them, and…
Quick checks for understanding.
A quick ten-question check of the grammar covered in Year 3: proper nouns, tenses, adverbs, conjunctions, speech marks, commas,…
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
A plain-language guide to nouns for Year 3: what a noun is, the difference between common and proper nouns, collective nouns for groups,…
A passage with questions.
Jack is sure there is a monster in the roof, until he meets it face to face. Students answer literal and inferential questions, explore…
An information report about one of Australia's strangest animals. Students locate facts, explain how the platypus finds food, and learn…
A short persuasive text arguing that every Australian child should learn to swim. Students identify the writer's opinion and reasons, work…
A procedure for sprouting a bean seed against the glass of a jar so children can watch roots and shoots appear. Students read a materials…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
A NAPLAN-style persuasive prompt on a topic every Year 3 student has an opinion about. Students practise matching persuasive devices to…
A NAPLAN-style narrative prompt: a small door appears in the trunk of a tree. Students plan the orientation, complication and resolution,…
Word lists with practice activities.
Twelve words with a silent letter: the silent k in knee, the silent w in write and the silent b in lamb. Your child writes each word three…
Twelve words built with the prefixes un- (not), re- (again) and dis- (not or opposite). Your child learns that the base word keeps its…
Twelve words that follow the 'change y to i' rule: baby becomes babies, cry becomes cried, happy becomes happily. Your child learns when…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
Resources tagged NAPLAN practise the same text types and skills NAPLAN assesses. They are NAPLAN-style and not official test papers.