3rd grade grammar

Example

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject. Our teacher ___ funny stories.

1. The verb must agree with its subject: singular subject → singular verb; plural subject → plural verb.
2. The subject is singular (he, she, it or one thing), so the verb takes -s.
3. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "Our teacher tells funny stories."
4. So the answer is: tells

Answer: tells

Example

Choose the conjunction that makes the most sense. You can't watch TV ___ you have tidied your room.

1. Conjunctions link clauses and show how the ideas connect: cause, time, condition or contrast.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "You can't watch TV until you have tidied your room."
3. So the answer is: until

Answer: until

Example

Choose the correct form of the adjective. The blue whale is the ___ animal in the world.

1. Comparatives (-er, more) compare two things; superlatives (-est, most) pick out one from a group.
2. Picking one out of a group with a short adjective: add -est.
3. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The blue whale is the largest animal in the world."
4. So the answer is: largest

Answer: largest

Example

Which word is an abstract noun (an idea or feeling you cannot touch)? candle, hope, star, rainbow

1. Abstract nouns name things you cannot touch: feelings, qualities, ideas.
2. So the answer is: hope

Answer: hope

Example

Choose a or an. That is ___ unusual hat.

1. Use 'an' before a vowel sound and 'a' before a consonant sound.
2. The next word starts with a vowel sound, so we use 'an'.
3. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "That is an unusual hat."
4. So the answer is: an

Answer: an

Example

Choose the preposition that fits. The shop is ___ the bank and the café.

1. Prepositions link a noun to the rest of the sentence, often showing time or place.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The shop is between the bank and the café."
3. So the answer is: between

Answer: between

Example

Choose the correct present perfect form. She ___ to France three times.

1. The present perfect (has/have + past participle) links the past to now.
2. The subject is he/she/it or one person or thing, so we use 'has'.
3. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "She has been to France three times."
4. So the answer is: has been

Answer: has been

Example

Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? The bus stops outside the library.

1. The tense of the verb shows WHEN something happens.
2. So the answer is: present

Answer: present

Example

Type the past tense of "hold". (Yesterday I ___.)

1. "hold" is an irregular verb.
2. So the answer is: held

Answer: held

Example

When Grandpa and Leo finished the jigsaw, they cheered. Who does "they" refer to?

1. A pronoun stands in for a noun that came earlier. That noun is called its antecedent.
2. So the answer is: Grandpa and Leo

Answer: Grandpa and Leo

Example

Our cousins are visiting soon. Does the adverb "soon" tell us how, when or where?

1. Adverbs add information to a verb: how, when or where it happens.
2. So the answer is: when

Answer: when

Example

Choose the correct word. Of the two puzzles, the blue one is ___.

1. good → better → best; bad → worse → worst; many/much → more → most; little → less → least.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "Of the two puzzles, the blue one is better."
3. So the answer is: better

Answer: better

Example

Choose the conjunction that makes the best sense. We cannot go to the beach ___ it stops raining.

1. A subordinating conjunction starts a clause that depends on the main clause and shows how they connect.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "We cannot go to the beach unless it stops raining."
3. So the answer is: unless

Answer: unless

Example

Is this a simple sentence or a compound sentence? Ana and Raj played chess after school.

1. A simple sentence has one main clause. A compound sentence joins two main clauses with a conjunction such as and, but, or or so.
2. There is only one part that could stand alone, even if it has two subjects or two verbs.
3. So the answer is: simple sentence

Answer: simple sentence

Example

Is "water" a countable or an uncountable noun?

1. Countable nouns can be counted (one robot, two robots). Uncountable nouns cannot (some water, not two waters).
2. So the answer is: uncountable: you cannot count it one by one

Answer: uncountable: you cannot count it one by one