3rd Grade Grammar Practice
Find 3rd grade grammar quizzes on parts of speech, verb tenses, agreement and sentence types. Open a skill, review the rule and choose an available quiz set.
Grade 3 skills
The main grammar skills taught at this grade level.
Parts of speech
Identify nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs by their function.
Abstract nouns
Recognize nouns for ideas, feelings, or qualities, such as kindness and honesty.
Regular and irregular verbs
Choose regular and irregular verb forms, including past participles.
Simple verb tenses
Use simple past, present, and future tenses.
Subject-verb agreement
Match the verb to its subject in number.
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
Make a pronoun agree with the word it refers to.
Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs
Compare using forms like bigger/biggest and more/most.
Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Connect equal or dependent ideas with the right conjunction.
Simple, compound, and complex sentences
Recognize and build the three core sentence types.
Review earlier skills
Keep important skills from earlier grades fresh with practice at Grade 3 level.
Common, proper, and possessive nouns
Recognize everyday nouns, names that start with a capital, and nouns that show ownership.
Irregular plural nouns
Use plurals that do not simply add -s, like child/children and mouse/mice.
Reflexive pronouns
Use myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, and themselves.
Irregular past tense verbs
Use irregular past tense forms such as drew, ran, and heard.
Adjectives and adverbs
Tell whether a word describes a noun or a verb.
Expand and rearrange sentences
Make sentences longer, clearer, or differently ordered.
Print a Grade 3 grammar workbook
Every skill of this grade at one level, in a single PDF with the answer keys at the back.
Read something at this level
Grade 3 reading passages to enjoy alongside grammar practice — each one comes with comprehension questions and a quiz.
Frequently asked questions
Which grammar topics are on this 3rd grade page?
Where should a third grader start?
Can I print the grammar practice?
Choose one 3rd grade grammar skill
Start with a target from your lesson or a pattern you noticed in student writing. The published skills include parts of speech, abstract nouns, regular and irregular verbs, simple verb tenses, agreement, conjunctions and sentence types. Open a skill card to see its explanation and available quizzes.
For an introduction to word jobs, try 3rd grade parts of speech. For a more focused verb lesson, choose simple verb tenses or subject-verb agreement. The cards distinguish core skills from review of earlier skills.
Make the grammar choice visible
Ask students to explain an answer using the whole sentence. They might name the noun a pronoun replaces, identify the subject that agrees with a verb, or show where two clauses connect. After the quiz, ask for a new sentence using the same pattern.
Use 3rd grade reading passages to revisit sentences in a complete text. For separate word-meaning strategies, explore 3rd grade vocabulary practice.
Online quizzes and paper practice
An adult’s free account can try the starter quiz for each skill. Additional quizzes follow the account’s practice allowance. Available levels and question formats are shown on each skill page.
Individual quiz sheets include an answer key and use the account’s download allowance. Skill and grade workbooks require Pro. Use the existing print controls when paper practice fits your lesson.