YEAR 3 LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
The spelling mistakes in these sentences have been circled.
Write the correct spelling for each circled word in the box.
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The girl is redy for dinner.
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There are four children in my groop.
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Some branchs fell from the tree in the storm.
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Sam licked to dance at parties.
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The new bilding will be finished soon.
Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.
Write the correct spelling of the word in the box.
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Can she cach the ball with her left hand?
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Without a friend, the boy felt sad and lonley.
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Keep your mouth closed when you choo food.
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Last night Max had trubble with his homework.
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When I opened the cage, it was emptee.
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YEAR 3 LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
Read the text The surprise gift.
Each line has one word that is incorrect.
Write the correct spelling of the word in the box.
The surprise gift
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Nekst month Mum is having a birthday.
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Josh went shoping to buy her a present.
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He chose a brite yellow plate with flowers on it.
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Then he found some pretty paper to rap his gift.
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Josh can’t wate to see Mum’s face when she
opens it!
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YEAR 3 GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION
Colour a bubble to show the right answer.
Shade one
bubble.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
I
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to the shops yesterday.
walk
walks
walked
walking
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
The boy will get dressed
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he has a shower.
after
since
then
while
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
Our grandfather is sick so we will visit
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tomorrow.
us
her
his
him
Which sentence is correct?
The class going by bus to the circus.
The class going to the circus by bus.
The class is going to the circus by bus.
The class that was going to the circus by bus.
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YEAR 3 GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION
Which sentence below is closest in meaning to these sentences?
The car at Grandma’s house is very old. It breaks down every week.
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Grandma’s car breaks down every week.
The old car at Grandma’s house breaks down.
The car at Grandma’s house breaks down every week.
The old car at Grandma’s house breaks down every week.
Which is the correct order of the three missing words?
There are
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kites flying high in the air.
large many colourful
many large colourful
colourful large many
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YEAR 3 LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
Read the text The lost ring. Some words and punctuation
have been left out. Which words and punctuation correctly
complete each sentence?
The lost ring
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Shade one
bubble.
My friend James and I go jogging every 22
friday morning.
friday Morning.
Friday Morning.
Friday morning.
We meet in 23 by the park.
hill street
Hill street
Hill Street
hill Street
24 I picked up a silver ring on the path.
“Shall we take it to the 25 ” asked James.
Last week
Last Week,
last week,
last week
police,
police?
police!
police.
An apostrophe (’) has been left out of this sentence.
Where should the missing apostrophe go?
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Sally reads lots of books when shes not too busy.
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