Year 3- Grammar

1. Select the set of words in the passage below that belong to the same word family as the verb ‘solve’:

The detective was determined to solve this crime. There must be a solution to this complicated case. Waiting for his sugar to dissolve in his coffee, he thought about how his last case had been left unsolved and he certainly did not want that to happen again.

• detective, determined, dissolve, did

• solve, solution, dissolve, unsolved

• sugar, solution, solve, unsolved

• crime, case, certainly, coffee

3. Select the word that only has consonant letters.

• rhyme

• response

• remember

• rhythm

5. Look at the word below. Select if the word is a preposition or a conjunction.

But

• Preposition

• Conjunction

5. Look at the word below. Select if the word is a preposition or a conjunction.

If

• Preposition

• Conjunction

5. Look at the word below. Select if the word is a preposition or a conjunction.

Between

• Preposition

• Conjunction

5. Look at the word below. Select if the word is a preposition or a conjunction.

because

• Preposition

• Conjunction

5. Look at the word below. Select if the word is a preposition or a conjunction.

beside

• Preposition

• Conjunction

5. Look at the word below. Select if the word is a preposition or a conjunction.

through

• Preposition

• Conjunction

6. Which of these phrases use ‘a’ or ‘an’ correctly?

True or false

an hamster

• True

• False

6. Which of these phrases use ‘a’ or ‘an’ correctly?

True or false

an orange

• True

• False