3rd Grade Grammar and Mechanics Exercises

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are silent letters lurking in every word, and this exercise will help students learning how to spell by shining a spotlight on them.

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

Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with your students to help them succeed as they begin writing reports and essays.

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

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.

The use of pronouns can make simple sentences more fluid and natural, but incorrect usage can change the meaning all together. Avoid this complication by having your student complete these exercises to solidify concepts.

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

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

Practice makes perfect, and these exercises that focus on contractions with apostrophes give your student the ability to work independently while still providing helpful hints when needed.

Looking forward, students will love being able to describe events they are anticipating after learning the future tense of verbs.

Teach your third grader the importance of subject pronouns and noun-pronoun agreement with these exercises that are specifically developed for their age group.

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

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

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

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.

Encourage students to play the opposite game in this engaging exercise involving synonyms and antonyms.

Kids will get lots of practice with capitalizing the titles of common books and poems in this exercise. Helpful hints guide kids on the rules of capitalization.

Teach students to write using relative spaces with these exercises that use prepositions to describe one noun in relation to another.

Help students spice up their statements with action verbs that bring color to each sentence.

Teach your third grader about articles used in sentences and when to be specific, or less so, with these exercises that have them identify and practice individually.

Set students up for alphabetizing practice with this easy to follow exercise that will expand their vocabulary at the same time.

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