Year 3 English worksheets
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Word split: compound words
A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.
Word colouring: nouns and pronouns
Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
Mini word Sudoku 6 x 6
Put the letters from the word GRUMPY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
Anagrams: countries in Europe
The letters in the boxes have been mixed up. Can you unjumble them to find the name of a country in Europe?
Summer brain-boosting challenges
Juggle fruit. Work on the technology of the future. Plot and design a lost city, create a zoo of invented animals, learn to talk sdrawkcab and bake a pizza clock and a pastry map. How many of our wonderful brain-boosting challenges can you fit into your summer? All you need are some art materials, imagination and an enquiring mind to have a go at a whole host of practical and reflective activities, suitable for primary-school children (and parents, of course). Have fun!
Year 3 English Progress checks
Our Year 3 English Progress Checks are designed to help you understand if your child has grasped key areas of literacy for Y3, and to help you identify any topics they might need more practice with. Three tests, each tailored to one of the school terms, are included, as well as answers to help you evaluate your child's work.
Handwriting practice sheets
Help your child form letters at the correct relative size and place them correctly on the 'base' writing line with our free printable handwriting practice sheets. Two formats with guidelines are included, one for beginner writers and one to help children improve their handwriting skills.
Optional SATs papers: Y3 English 2003
Optional tests help teachers assess children's progress at the end of each school year, and are used in some schools to help children get used to working in exam conditions. This Y3 English SATs paper from 2003 is free to download and can be used for at-home revision and practice.
Cursive handwriting: poetic practice
Make handwriting practice wonderfully silly by rewriting Spike Milligan's famous poem about rain in your best joined-up writing. Guide lines are provided to help you size your letters correctly.
Handwriting pangrams
Pangrams are sentences that contain every letter of the alphabet. Have a go at writing out these pangrams to practise joining letters correctly and develop your cursive writing style.
Great Grammar Games
From proper nouns to pronouns, statements to subordinate clauses and articles to adverbs, help your child revise grammar the fun way with our Great Grammar Games learning pack. A friendly, grammar- and flamingo-obsessed Grammar Gator offers tips, tricks, exercises and activities to help your child practise all aspects of basic English grammar in play-packed sessions.
Book characters crossword
Classic characters are unforgettable, whether they're falling down unusual rabbit holes, prowling through the jungle or breaking their slates over unfortunate classmates' heads. How many famous characters from children's literature can you identify in this crossword puzzle?
Spelling patterns: turning adjectives ending -y into nouns and adverbs
Usually, when an adjective ending in –y needs to be changed into a noun or adverb, the y turns to an i. Can you change these adjectives to their noun and adverb form? Remember to turn the y into an i before you add the -ness / -ly ending!
Writing a newspaper report
News is out that aliens have landed! Write a news report explaining all the facts – and don’t forget to draw and caption a picture so your readers know what the aliens look like!
Speech marks explained
Speech marks come at the beginning and end of spoken words when we write them down. Remember to include any commas, question marks or exclamation marks inside your speech marks. Have a go at putting the speech marks in the correct place in these sentences. Then write some things YOU might say. Don’t forget the speech marks!
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 your own instruction text
Decide on something you want to write instructions for. Make sure the instructions are for something you have done yourself before. Write your instructions on a separate piece of paper. Remember
you need to include the following: • A title • A ‘You will need’ / ingredients list with bullet points • A picture • Numbered points • Time connectives • ‘Bossy’ imperative verbs
you need to include the following: • A title • A ‘You will need’ / ingredients list with bullet points • A picture • Numbered points • Time connectives • ‘Bossy’ imperative verbs
Writing instructions template
Think about wrapping a present. Can you write detailed instructions for someone who has never done it before? Think about what you will need and what your wrapped present should look like.
Writing information text
Think about an animal that you are interested in. Find out some information about this animal and write some notes in the boxes below. Now use your notes to write an information text. Don’t forget: An eye-catching title; information split into paragraphs; pictures with captions; sentences with connectives.
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.
Writing a shape poem
A shape poem is a poem that is written in the shape of what it is about. Think of something you want to write about (an animal, food, weather, a haunted house, a forest, etc.) Get a blank piece of paper and write some words and phrases about the object all over it. See if you can include some really good similes! Choose your best words and phrases and write these into a few lines. There are no rules! Your poem doesn’t have to rhyme, can be any length, can be written from the point of view of the object – whatever you like! Draw a picture of the object you are writing about. When you are happy with your poem, write it neatly into the picture you have drawn. Colour in the picture with colouring pencils (not pen as this will ruin your writing!). Your shape poem is complete.
Writing a report: using a spider diagram
Research rocks and soils in your local library or on the internet. Use this spider diagram to write your notes. Get a sheet of A4 paper and think about how you want your report to be set out. It will need four paragraphs and some pictures (printed or drawn). Remember to include space for a heading! Write your report up in neat.
Writing a play script
When writing a play script, you need to include the following features: 1. Character’s name on the left 2. Colon : 3. Stage directions in brackets 4. Character’s speech (without speech marks) Look at this example of a play script then continue writing the conversation between Mum and Louise so that we find out what is in the saucepan.