14 free vocabulary resources for Year 3: 14 worksheets. Answers included.
Word meanings, synonyms, antonyms and word building. In Year 3, By Year 3, students add and subtract two-digit numbers, skip count, meet the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and work with halves and quarters.
Students will practise: choosing a synonym for a word; choosing an antonym for a word; telling synonyms from antonyms; using new words in sentences; sorting words by meaning; finding the odd one out; naming a group of words; adding words to a group.
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Children meet synonyms (words that mean the same or nearly the same) and antonyms (words that mean the opposite). They choose and match…
Children sort words into groups that share a meaning, such as fruit, animals, clothes and weather. They spot the odd one out, name the…
Children discover that some words have more than one meaning, such as bat, bark and ring. They use the rest of the sentence to work out…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. Starts with the most common words…
Join two small words to make a compound word, and split compound words into their parts. Starts with the most common words and the…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. Starts with the most common words and the…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. Expected-level practice with the…
Join two small words to make a compound word, and split compound words into their parts. Expected-level practice with the main spelling…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. Expected-level practice with the main…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. A challenge set with trickier and…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. A challenge set with trickier and irregular…
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Word meanings, synonyms, antonyms and word building. At Year 3, our resources focus on: choosing a synonym for a word; choosing an antonym for a word; telling synonyms from antonyms; using new words in sentences.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
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