63 free grammar resources for 3rd Grade: 61 worksheets, 1 study guide, 1 test. Answers included.
Parts of speech, sentence structure and punctuation. 3rd grade is a big year: students learn the multiplication facts, add and subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping, read time to the minute and begin unit fractions.
Students will practice: identifying nouns; sorting nouns into people, places and things; reading for word classes; choosing the conjunction that fits the meaning; joining two sentences with a conjunction; identifying conjunctions in sentences; writing longer sentences; understanding what a noun is.
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…
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 the difference between adjectives, which describe nouns, and adverbs, which describe verbs and often end in -ly. They sort…
Students learn that prepositions show where something is (under, between, behind) or when something happens (before, after, during). They…
Students learn to punctuate what people say the American way: double quotation marks around the spoken words, a capital letter to start…
Students sort common and proper nouns, add capital letters to proper nouns, and write their own sentences using both. A clear, friendly…
A 3rd grade comma worksheet. Students use commas to separate three or more items in a series (including the comma before and), to separate…
Children use adjectives to compare. They add -er to compare two things and -est to compare three or more, follow the spelling rules for…
Children learn that some pronouns do the action (I, he, she, we, they) and some have the action done to them (me, him, her, us, them).…
Children learn that the verb must agree with who or what the sentence is about: one dog is, two dogs are. They choose between is and are,…
Children learn the four kinds of sentences: statements give information, questions ask, commands tell someone to do something and…
Children learn that adverbs do more than tell how. Some tell when (soon, yesterday) and some tell where (outside, upstairs). They sort…
A 3rd grade worksheet on contractions. Students learn that the apostrophe in a contraction stands for the missing letters (do not → don't,…
Children swap plain verbs such as went, said and ate for precise verbs that show exactly how something happened: tiptoed, yelled, gobbled.…
Children make simple sentences more interesting by adding detail. They pick the sentence that tells the reader more, find noun groups (a…
Choose the sentence that uses capital letters correctly: names, days of the week, months and the word I always start with a capital…
Choose the collective noun that names a group: a flock of sheep, a swarm of bees, a pod of dolphins, a gaggle of geese and more. Starts…
Use adjectives to compare: add -er and -est, follow the spelling rules, use more and most with long adjectives, and learn good, better,…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Join two words into a contraction with an apostrophe, and split contractions back into their two words. Starts with the most common words…
Turn adjectives into adverbs that describe how something is done: add -ly, change y to i (happily), -le to -ly (gently), and learn good →…
Change verbs into the past tense: add -ed, drop the e, double the last letter, change y to i, and learn the irregular past tense verbs.…
Write the plural of each noun using the spelling rules (-s, -es, -ies, -ves) and learn the irregular plurals. Starts with the most common…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. Starts with the…
Choose the preposition that fits: in, on and at for places and times, and for, since and during for how long and when. Starts with the…
Choose the pronoun that can replace the words in bold: he, she, it, they, we for the subject and him, her, it, them, us for the object.…
Sort nouns into common nouns (dog, park) and proper nouns (Mia, Monday, June), and find the proper noun in a sentence. Starts with the…
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: is or are, was or were, has or have, and tricky subjects like 'the box of pencils' and…
Choose a or an by listening to the first sound of the next word: an before a vowel sound (an apple, an hour), a before a consonant sound…
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
Choose the sentence that uses capital letters correctly: names, days of the week, months and the word I always start with a capital…
Choose the collective noun that names a group: a flock of sheep, a swarm of bees, a pod of dolphins, a gaggle of geese and more.…
Use adjectives to compare: add -er and -est, follow the spelling rules, use more and most with long adjectives, and learn good, better,…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Join two words into a contraction with an apostrophe, and split contractions back into their two words. Expected-level practice with the…
Turn adjectives into adverbs that describe how something is done: add -ly, change y to i (happily), -le to -ly (gently), and learn good →…
Change verbs into the past tense: add -ed, drop the e, double the last letter, change y to i, and learn the irregular past tense verbs.…
Write the plural of each noun using the spelling rules (-s, -es, -ies, -ves) and learn the irregular plurals. Expected-level practice with…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. Expected-level…
Choose the preposition that fits: in, on and at for places and times, and for, since and during for how long and when. Expected-level…
Choose the pronoun that can replace the words in bold: he, she, it, they, we for the subject and him, her, it, them, us for the object.…
Sort nouns into common nouns (dog, park) and proper nouns (Mia, Monday, June), and find the proper noun in a sentence. Expected-level…
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: is or are, was or were, has or have, and tricky subjects like 'the box of pencils' and…
Choose a or an by listening to the first sound of the next word: an before a vowel sound (an apple, an hour), a before a consonant sound…
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
Choose the sentence that uses capital letters correctly: names, days of the week, months and the word I always start with a capital…
Choose the collective noun that names a group: a flock of sheep, a swarm of bees, a pod of dolphins, a gaggle of geese and more. A…
Use adjectives to compare: add -er and -est, follow the spelling rules, use more and most with long adjectives, and learn good, better,…
Choose the joining word (conjunction) that makes sense: and, but, so, because, or — and, at the advanced level, although, unless, until,…
Join two words into a contraction with an apostrophe, and split contractions back into their two words. A challenge set with trickier and…
Turn adjectives into adverbs that describe how something is done: add -ly, change y to i (happily), -le to -ly (gently), and learn good →…
Change verbs into the past tense: add -ed, drop the e, double the last letter, change y to i, and learn the irregular past tense verbs. A…
Write the plural of each noun using the spelling rules (-s, -es, -ies, -ves) and learn the irregular plurals. A challenge set with…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. A challenge set…
Choose the preposition that fits: in, on and at for places and times, and for, since and during for how long and when. A challenge set…
Choose the pronoun that can replace the words in bold: he, she, it, they, we for the subject and him, her, it, them, us for the object. A…
Sort nouns into common nouns (dog, park) and proper nouns (Mia, Monday, June), and find the proper noun in a sentence. A challenge set…
Choose the verb that agrees with the subject: is or are, was or were, has or have, and tricky subjects like 'the box of pencils' and…
Choose a or an by listening to the first sound of the next word: an before a vowel sound (an apple, an hour), a before a consonant sound…
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
Quick checks for understanding.
A quick ten-question check of the grammar covered in 3rd grade: proper nouns, tenses, adverbs, conjunctions, quotation marks, commas,…
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
A plain-language guide to nouns for 3rd grade: what a noun is, the difference between common and proper nouns, collective nouns for…
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Parts of speech, sentence structure and punctuation. At 3rd Grade, our resources focus on: identifying nouns; sorting nouns into people, places and things; reading for word classes; choosing the conjunction that fits the meaning.
Read the study guide first, then start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet. Finish with the topic test.
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