Year 3 Creative writing and fiction worksheets
Free worksheets: Creative writing and fiction, KS2, Y3
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Speech marks practice
A KS2 literacy worksheet created by a primary-school teacher to help Year 3 children practise using speech marks correctly.
Can you continue this conversation between Harry and Thenusha using the correct rules for reported speech? Remember to start each character’s speech on a new line. Use “ to open the speech. End the speech with !, ? or , and use ” to close the speech. Use a reporting clause (a verb like said, whispered or announced).
Can you continue this conversation between Harry and Thenusha using the correct rules for reported speech? Remember to start each character’s speech on a new line. Use “ to open the speech. End the speech with !, ? or , and use ” to close the speech. Use a reporting clause (a verb like said, whispered or announced).
Writing an adventure story
A Year 3 (KS2) creative writing worksheet made by a teacher to help your child practise using adjectives and powerful verbs when writing an adventure story.
Describing a story setting
Emma had to describe a Victorian classroom and was given these success criteria by her teacher: remember to add adjectives; use capitals and full stops in the
right places; describe what you can see, hear, smell and feel. Has Emma done what her teacher asked?
right places; describe what you can see, hear, smell and feel. Has Emma done what her teacher asked?
Adventure story starter
Mary was in bed, in a deep sleep. She was dreaming about eating a huge, delicious ice-cream. In her dream, she heard a tapping on the window. The tapping continued. After a few seconds, Mary began to wake up and realised the tapping wasn’t in her dream... What do you think happens next? Continue writing the story.
Word puzzles for Key Stage 2 English
Are you and your child tired of the same old English revision and practice sessions? Try something completely new and give them these fun English word puzzles instead! They'll review everything from connectives to apostrophes, using what they learn in class to solve codes, crosswords and wordsearches.
Write your own kenning
Learn all about kennings: practise using just two words words to create a highly descriptive image.
Boosting writing with powerful verbs
This activity will help your child identify powerful verbs and practise using them to improve their writing.
Selecting interesting verbs
This worksheet encourages children to think about the appropriate verb for a sentence and also to think about their own verbs.
Design your own comic
Looking for ways to help your child boost their literacy skills? Designing their own comic will help them with their handwriting, vocabulary, story-telling skills and more – and they won’t even realise they’re learning!