Grammar Picnic
By grade
Grade 3 grammar
25 topics · 36 weeks of daily practice · a workbook
What Grade 3 introduces, by the Common Core Language standards; the earlier grades’ topics come back for review.
Topics introduced in Grade 3
25 topics- Nouns and verbsFind all the verbs in the sentence. Bubbles burst.
- Pronouns: he, she, it, theyChoose the pronoun that fits the blank. Beth took a cookie. ____ drank juice.
- Describing wordsFind all the describing words in the sentence. The wet yellow leaf will fall.
- AdverbsWhich word tells how? The owls hoot loudly.
- Describing words from verbsChoose the describing word made from the verb. The gardener planted seeds. The birds ate the ____ seeds.
- Sort nouns, verbs and adjectivesCircle the nouns. Underline the verbs. Draw a wavy line under the adjectives. Noun Verb AdjectiveI kick a red ball.
- Irregular pluralsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.
- Plurals: -s, -es, -iesSort the nouns by how you spell the plural. Write each plural. fox garden torch cupcake peach bush window sailoradd -sadd -es
- Irregular past tenseChoose the right word. Dad ____ the cake.
- Regular past tense: -edWrite the past tense of each verb. Each one ends in -ed. 1. chew ________ 2. pack ________ 3. visit ________
- Past, present, futureSay it about yesterday. The elephants walk.
- Subject-verb agreementChoose the right word. ____ the clown dance?
- Agreement in longer sentencesChoose the right word. The ants ____ little, but the dogs were big.
- Subjects and objectsFind the whole subject. Chefs cook pasta.
- Pronouns that match their nounChoose the right pronoun. The puppies yawn because ____ are tired.
- Every, each, allChoose the verb that goes with every, each or all. All zebras ____.
- Two subjects joined by andChoose the right word. Grandma and the driver ____ the window.
- Comparatives and superlativesChoose the right form of the describing word. The sun is ____ than the candle.
- as ... asChoose the words that compare. The pillow is not ____ the table.
- And, but, so, becauseChoose the joining word. The milk is cold ____ the soup is hot.
- When, before, after, if, althoughChoose the joining word. Dad will light the fire ____ he builds it.
- Simple, compound, complexSimple, compound, or complex? Babies spill milk.
- Subjects and predicatesFind the whole subject. I ride the red sled.
- Quotation marksFix the sentence. Dan said "The melon was juicy."
- Possessives with 'sChoose the right word. The boys send ____ cards.
Daily grammar practice
36 weeksWorkbook
26 lessonsReview from the earlier grades
29 topics- Collective nouns
- Reflexive pronouns
- Looks, feels, sounds
- Active and passive
- Needed words and extra words
- What comes after the verb
- Same meaning
- Combining sentences
- Contractions: don't, she's
- Common and proper nouns
- Do, does, did
- There is, there are
- He or him, they or them
- His, her, its, their
- One word instead
- a or an
- a and the
- Many, a few, a little
- Prepositions of place
- In, on, at for time
- Statements and questions
- Who, what, where, when, why, how
- Short answers
- Which and whose
- Commands and exclamations
- Choose the combined sentence
- Capital letters
- End marks
- Commas in a series