3rd Grade Parts of Speech Practice
Identify nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in sentences. Review the five word jobs below, then try a 3rd grade parts of speech quiz with instant feedback.
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Grade level quizzes
Five word jobs to recognize
- Nouns name people, places, things or ideas: teacher, park, owl, kindness.
- Pronouns can take the place of nouns: she, it, they.
- Verbs show action or a state of being: followed, thinks, is.
- Adjectives describe nouns: a small owl.
- Adverbs can tell how, when or where an action happens: quietly, yesterday, nearby.
Try one sentence
“The small owl quietly followed it.”
Owl is a noun. Small is an adjective describing the owl. Quietly is an adverb telling how it followed. Followed is the verb. It is a pronoun replacing a noun.
Read the whole sentence before naming a word’s job. In “I drink water,” drink is a verb. In “I need a drink,” drink is a noun.
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
10 questions · Multiple choice
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Printable parts of speech worksheets
Print a parts of speech quiz sheet with an answer key using your account’s download allowance. Sign in to use the print controls. Pro also includes skill workbooks and a full Grade 3 grammar workbook.
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 parts of speech are included?
Can the same word be a noun and a verb?
What should students do after a parts of speech quiz?
Practice a word’s job in its sentence
This 3rd grade skill focuses on five parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. The multiple-choice quizzes ask students to recognize how a word works in a sentence. This page is a focused practice activity, rather than a complete guide to every part of speech.
Before choosing an answer, read the whole sentence. A familiar word can do different jobs in different sentences. Ask “What does this word name or do here?” and check which other words it connects to. After feedback, explain why the chosen label fits.
Follow up with a more specific skill
Use adjectives and adverbs to look more closely at describing words. Choose simple verb tenses for past, present and future forms, or return to all 3rd grade grammar skills.
For a short follow-up, write a new sentence and label one word from each of the five groups. You can also look for examples in a 3rd grade reading passage.
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The quiz list shows the available sets and levels. An adult’s free account can try this skill’s starter quiz. Additional quizzes follow the account’s practice allowance. Individual printable quiz sheets include an answer key and use the account’s download allowance.
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