50-Question Exam Prep: English Grammar & Phonics Worksheet for 8-Year-Olds (Grade 3)

Instructions

Read the notes carefully in each section before you try the exercise. The notes are little hints to help you remember the rules. Try your best to answer all the questions. Good luck!

1. Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

Notes

Numbers can tell us "how many" or they can tell us "in what order".

• Cardinal Numbers tell us how many of something there are. Examples: one, five, ten, 20.
• Ordinal Numbers tell us the position or order of something. Examples: first, fifth, tenth, 20th.

Exercise

Follow the instructions for each question.

1. There are seven days in a week. (Is 'seven' a Cardinal or Ordinal number?) ______________
2. I was third in line for the slide. (Is 'third' a Cardinal or Ordinal number?) ______________
3. My birthday is on the twenty-fifth of May. Circle the ordinal number.
4. I have two cats. Circle the cardinal number.
5. What is the fifth letter of the alphabet? ______________
6. How many sides does a triangle have? ______________

2. Articles: a, an, the

Notes

Articles are small words that come before nouns.

• Use a before a word that starts with a consonant sound. (a boy, a car, a lamp)
• Use an before a word that starts with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u). (an apple, an elephant)
• Use the when you are talking about one specific thing. (the sun, the moon, the girl in the red coat)

Exercise

Fill in the blanks with a, an, or the.

1. She wants to be ______ astronaut when she grows up.
2. I saw ______ beautiful blue bird in the garden.
3. Can you please pass me ______ book on the top shelf?
4. My mom packed ______ sandwich and ______ orange for my lunch.
5. ______ Earth revolves around the Sun.
6. He is holding ______ umbrella because it is raining.

3. Verbs with '-ing'

Notes

When you add -ing to a verb (an action word), it means the action is happening right now.

• jump -> jumping
• eat -> eating
• If the verb ends in 'e', drop the 'e' before adding -ing. (make -> making)
• Sometimes you need to double the last letter. (run -> running)

Exercise

Change the verb in the brackets to its -ing form to complete the sentence.

1. The children are ______________ in the park. (play)
2. I am ______________ a letter to my grandma. (write)
3. He is ______________ to catch the bus. (run)
4. The baby is ______________ peacefully. (sleep)
5. We are ______________ a cake for the party. (bake)

4. Phonics: 'br', 'cr', 'dr'

Notes

Listen to the sounds these letters make together at the start of a word.

• br makes a "brrr" sound, like in bread.
• cr makes a "krrr" sound, like in crab.
• dr makes a "jrrr" sound, like in drum.

Exercise

Fill in the blank with br, cr, or dr to complete the word.

1. Can you please ______aw a picture for me?
2. The queen wears a golden ______own.
3. I use a tooth______ush to clean my teeth.
4. A baby frog is called a tadpole, but a big frog is green. Oh, I made a mistake! A ______own color is another common color.
5. The opposite of happy is sad, and the opposite of laugh is ______.
6. I had a strange ______eam last night.

5. Subject Pronouns

Notes

A pronoun takes the place of a noun. A subject pronoun tells us who or what is doing the action. The subject pronouns are: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

• Maria is happy. -> She is happy.
• The dog is barking. -> It is barking.
• Sam and I went to the store. -> We went to the store.

Exercise

Replace the underlined noun or nouns with the correct subject pronoun.

1. My dad is cooking dinner. ______________
2. The flowers are beautiful. ______________
3. Lisa is my best friend. ______________
4. My brother and I are going to the movies. ______________
5. The car is red. ______________

6. Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

Notes

• A common noun is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. (boy, school, holiday)
• A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, thing, or idea. It always starts with a capital letter. (Leo, Paris, Christmas)

Exercise

In each sentence, circle the Proper Noun(s) and underline the common noun(s).

1. My friend Maya lives in London.
2. We are going to visit the Eiffel Tower in July.
3. My favorite cereal is called Cheerios.
4. Dr. Smith works at the local hospital.
5. Fluffy is a very cute cat.
6. We celebrate Halloween at the end of October.

7. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Notes

• Countable nouns are things you can count. You can have one or more of them. (one book, three books)
• Uncountable nouns are things you can't count with numbers. They are seen as a whole. (water, sugar, music). You can't say "two waters".

Exercise

Look at each noun. Write C if it is countable or U if it is uncountable.

1. pencil ______
2. rice ______
3. chair ______
4. milk ______
5. song ______
6. information ______
7. money ______
8. coin ______

8. Phonics: 'fr', 'gr', 'pr'

Notes

Here are some more sounds that letters make together.

• fr makes a "frrr" sound, like in frog.
• gr makes a "grrr" sound, like in grass.
• pr makes a "prrr" sound, like in prize.

Exercise

Fill in the blank with fr, gr, or pr to complete the word.

1. The color of grass is ______een.
2. My favorite fruit is a ______esh strawberry.
3. The princess lived in a castle with a ______ince.
4. My grandpa is old, so his hair is ______ey.
5. She won first ______ize in the race.
6. Don't be scared! It's just a little ______og.

9. Subject and Predicate

Notes

Every complete sentence has two parts.

• The Subject is who or what the sentence is about.
• The Predicate tells what the subject is or does. The predicate always starts with the verb.
• Example: The big brown bear / slept in the cave.
  (Subject = The big brown bear)
  (Predicate = slept in the cave)

Exercise

Draw a single line ( / ) between the subject and the predicate in each sentence.

1. The little girl rode her bike.
2. My teacher smiled at the class.
3. The hungry caterpillar ate a green leaf.
4. All the birds flew south for the winter.
5. He kicked the ball into the goal.

Answer Key

1. Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

1. Cardinal
2. Ordinal
3. twenty-fifth
4. two
5. E
6. Three

2. Articles: a, an, the

1. an
2. a
3. the
4. a, an
5. The
6. an

3. Verbs with '-ing'

1. playing
2. writing
3. running
4. sleeping
5. baking

4. Phonics: 'br', 'cr', 'dr'

1. dr
2. cr
3. br
4. br
5. cr
6. dr

5. Subject Pronouns

1. He
2. They
3. She
4. We
5. It

6. Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

1. friend / (Maya), (London)
2. (Eiffel Tower), (July)
3. cereal / (Cheerios)
4. (Dr. Smith) / hospital
5. (Fluffy) / cat
6. Halloween, October / (Note: Holidays and months are Proper Nouns. This sentence has no common nouns according to the definition.)

7. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1. C
2. U
3. C
4. U
5. C
6. U
7. U
8. C

8. Phonics: 'fr', 'gr', 'pr'

1. gr
2. fr
3. pr
4. gr
5. pr
6. fr

9. Subject and Predicate

1. The little girl / rode her bike.
2. My teacher / smiled at the class.
3. The hungry caterpillar / ate a green leaf.
4. All the birds / flew south for the winter.
5. He / kicked the ball into the goal.