Year 3-Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Test

1. Which word in the following sentence is a noun? Emma is running quickly.

• running
• Emma
• quickly

2. Which word in the following sentence is an adjective? The rainbow is bright.

• bright
• The
• rainbow
• is

3. Which word in the following sentence is a verb? Adam whispered to his friend.

• Adam
• his
• whispered
• friend

5. Which word in the sentence needs a capital letter? danny wanted to be a teacher.

• teacher
• wanted
• danny

Choose the correct pronoun to match the missing word in each sentence.

Liz searched the school, but ___ couldn't find her jumper.

• my

• she

• me

• the

Choose the correct pronoun to match the missing word in each sentence.

Rob chased ___ in the playground.

• she

• is

• me

• the

6. The two sentences below are missing full stops and capital letters. the zoo was very busy all the children liked to visit

• The zoo was very busy all the children. Liked to visit.
• The zoo was very busy. All the children liked to visit.
• the zoo was. Very busy all the children liked to visit.

7. Where does the question mark go?

• A
• B
• C
• D

8. Which of these sentences is most likely to use an exclamation mark?

• Can you see the rainbow
• Do you like the rainbow
• What a beautiful rainbow it is

9. Which two places need inverted commas?

• A and C
• A and B
• B and D