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Year 3 Grammar and Punctuation Test 2

1. The document provides instructions for completing a series of literacy tasks. It includes passages of text with missing or underlined words, as well as questions to answer. 2. The tasks involve identifying word families, matching prefixes to root words, finding examples of quotation marks, underlining subordinate clauses, identifying use of "a" vs. "an", determining paragraph breaks, identifying present perfect verb forms, counting consonants, choosing conjunctions to complete sentences, and matching sub-headings to paragraphs. 3. The purpose is to practice a range of literacy skills including vocabulary, grammar, punctuation and comprehension.

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Year 3 Grammar and Punctuation Test 2

1. The document provides instructions for completing a series of literacy tasks. It includes passages of text with missing or underlined words, as well as questions to answer. 2. The tasks involve identifying word families, matching prefixes to root words, finding examples of quotation marks, underlining subordinate clauses, identifying use of "a" vs. "an", determining paragraph breaks, identifying present perfect verb forms, counting consonants, choosing conjunctions to complete sentences, and matching sub-headings to paragraphs. 3. The purpose is to practice a range of literacy skills including vocabulary, grammar, punctuation and comprehension.

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1. Circle the words in the passage below that belong to the same word family as the verb ‘care’.

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Zookeepers care for the animals they look after. They carefully plan

what the animal will eat, making sure that visitors do not carelessly throw the
wrong sort of food into their enclosures.

Read the passage carefully.

Look for words which have the word


‘care’ in them.

In the context of the sentence, do they


belong to the same word family?

Key Skill: G6.4 - Word families based on common words.


2. Draw lines to match the words below to the
appropriate prefix.
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mis biotic

auto mobile

anti take

Read the words and prefixes carefully.

Try a prefix with each possible root word.


Which one sounds right or is a word that you know?

Key Skill: G6.2 - Formation of nouns using a range of prefixes.


3. Circle the inverted commas in the passage below. 1
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“We need to turn left here, Dad,” said Layla. “Otherwise we will end up
going the wrong way again!”
“Are you sure, Layla?” asked Dad. “I’m pretty sure we need to turn right!”

Inverted commas are punctuation marks that


show us when someone is speaking. We need to turn left
here, Dad. Otherwise
The words that are spoken are ‘hugged’ by we will end up going
the inverted commas. the wrong way again!

These are the words you would see in a


speech bubble.

Key Skill: G6.4 - Word families based on common words.


4. Read this sentence. Underline the subordinate clause. 1
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We are going to Cornwall on holiday because we like the scenery there.

A clause is a part of a sentence. A subordinate clause can be at


the beginning, middle or end of
The main clause is the most important a sentence.
part and is a complete sentence on its
own. They start with a subordinating
conjunction.
The subordinate clause gives us some
extra information but is not a
complete sentence on its own.

Key Skill: G3.4 - Recognising subordinate clauses and subordinating conjunctions.


5. Look at the words in the table. Do they use ‘a’ or ‘an’ as a determiner? Tick one option. 1
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Word ‘a’ ‘an’


alligator ✔
factory ✔
unicorn ✔
school ✔
emergency ✔
‘a’ usually comes before a consonant ‘an’ usually comes before a vowel
sound at the start of the next word. sound at the start of the next word.

Which ones sound right?

Key Skill: G1.8 - Use the forms ‘a’ or ‘an’.


6. Read the passage below. Draw an arrow to where you think the author should have started a
new paragraph.
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Lots of children and families have pets, and dogs are very popular. In this article,
we will discuss how you can best care for your pet dog and help it to live a happy
life. Firstly, a dog takes quite a lot of looking after. As well as feeding it, a dog
needs exercise, training and companionship.

Read the whole passage carefully. The first two sentences introduce the
text and tell us what it is about.

Then, it moves on to tell us the first


Remember, we start a new paragraph
thing we need to know. It has moved
when we want to move on to the
onto the next subject so needs to be a
next part or subject.
new paragraph.

Key Skill: G4 - Introduction to paragraphs as a way to group related material.


7. Read the sentence below. Circle the verb which uses the present perfect form. 1
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We have owned our cat for six years and we love her very much.

Read the whole sentence carefully.

Look for the verbs in the sentence. Verbs


are action or feeling words.

Present perfect verbs include the use of


‘have’ or ‘has’ and a past tense verb.

Key Skill: G4.1d - Use the present perfect form of verbs.


8. Count the consonants in the sentence below and put your answer in the box. 1
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School finishes at 3:30pm. 12

What are consonants?

Consonants are letters that are not vowels


(a, e, i, o, and u).

Read the sentence carefully.

Count all the consonant letters.


It can help to cross each one off as you
count them.

Key Skill: G4 - Terminology for pupils – consonant.


9. The sentences below are missing a word. Choose a conjunction 1
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from the box and write it in the space to complete each sentence.

because but before

I am not going to school today because I am poorly.

We went to Derbyshire to visit my aunt before we headed to Yorkshire


for a few days.

I invited her to play at my house but her mum wouldn’t let her come.

Read the conjunctions and the Try each word in the gap for each sentence.
three sentences carefully. Which one sounds right for each sentence?

Key Skill: G1.4 - Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions, adverbs
or prepositions.
10. Choose the sub-heading which best matches the paragraph. 1
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Keeping your hamster clean Read the four possible sub-headings.

Fruit and vegetables Read the paragraph carefully.

Feeding your hamster ✔ What is the paragraph telling


you about?
Choosing a hamster

Hamsters need fresh food and water every day. This should
include a spoonful of good quality hamster cereal and a
small amount of fresh fruit or vegetables. Some examples
are a slice of cucumber, a small stick of carrot, a grape or a
slice of apple.

Key Skill: G4 - Introduction to paragraphs as a way to group related material.

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