2nd and 3rd Grade English Language Arts Exercises

Develop students’ skill at applying prefixes and suffixes with this exercise that demonstrates how compound words are formed.

After students complete this simple and clear exercise from Education.com, they will know how to how to abbreviate correctly.

Teach your students how to navigate syllabus rules so they will be able to sound out words much easier.

Homophones and homographs make look similar, but they have different meanings, which this exercise will illustrate with classic examples of both.

The punctuation mark with which you end a sentence can change the tone of your statement completely. Teach your third grader how to identify these different tones and their appropriate uses with these exercises made just for them.

Students will have better reading comprehension skills after completing this exercise that shows them how to pick out contextual clues.

Students will appreciate the ability to write some of their most commonly used words after working through this exercise on contractions.

This exercise provides ground rules for forming plurals, as well as common irregular words students should learn.

Teach your third grader how to make nouns plural so they can fully utilize their writing potential with these multiple choice exercises.

Along with understanding the root of words, this exercise will help students learn common suffixes tacked onto different words.

English is full of exceptions, and this exercise gives students an introduction to some of the many irregular verbs.

Students will be able to explain a situation clearly after completing this educational exercise on how, when, and where adverbs.

Once students get underway with this Education.com exercise, learning about similes is easy as pie.

Give students an introduction to the most simple of verbs with this exercise on the present tense.

Capitalization of proper nouns is imperative for proper writing form. Help your third grader hone their skills with these exercises.

Using more than one pronoun in a sentence can get confusing, but by following some basic rules your third grader will be at the top of his class!

This exercise applies students’ understanding of adjectives to learning how to use adverbs, words that modify actions.

Open up a whole world of new words to your students with this exercise on multi syllable words.

Students do not have to be the fastest completing this exercise to understand adjectives better than ever before.

Students who complete this exercise will be able to say they learned about the different types of past tense verbs thanks to Education.com.

Help students identify whether or not a sentence is complete with these exercises that give helpful hints when they get stuck!

Improve your child's writing skills by helping them understand and become comfortable with reflexive pronouns. Give them the ability to tell the stories they want to tell with these exercises that will put them at the top of their class.

This exercise teaches students how to compare objects and define outliers using comparative and superlative adjectives.

This introduction to past tense verbs will give students the confidence to describe recently passed actions.

Students will understand how to identify and use metaphors after they work through this exercise.

Teach your students how to sound out and spell r-controlled and multi syllable words with this easily navigable exercise.

Eliminate a common error in speaking and writing with this exercise that teaches pronoun and verb agreement.

Teach your young learners about the importance of apostrophes in writing with these exercises that explain how the punctuation mark can be used to show possessives, and how it differs from contractions.

Homophones can sometimes confuse younger students, but this exercise will teach them how to differentiate between similar words.

When your students are confused about where to place the apostrophe, assign this quick and easy exercise that explains singular and plural possessives.