Year 3 Grammar Terminology: Match the Term to Its Definition
Match every statutory Year 3 grammar term (preposition, conjunction, word family and more) from English Appendix 2 to its definition, with an answer key.
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Year 3 Grammar Terminology: Match the Term to Its Definition
The National Curriculum expects Year 3 pupils to know these grammar terms (English Appendix 2, 'terminology for pupils'). Circle the term that matches each definition.
- 1.Which term means: a word that tells you where or when, such as under or before?
- a) inverted commas (or 'speech marks')
- b) clause
- c) preposition
- 2.Which term means: a word that joins words or clauses, such as because?
- a) conjunction
- b) inverted commas (or 'speech marks')
- c) clause
- 3.Which term means: a group of related words built from the same root, such as solve and solution?
- a) subordinate clause
- b) direct speech
- c) word family
- 4.Which term means: letters added to the front of a word to change its meaning, such as un-?
- a) prefix
- b) consonant
- c) subordinate clause
- 5.Which term means: a group of words containing a verb that forms part or all of a sentence?
- a) preposition
- b) prefix
- c) clause
- 6.Which term means: a clause that does not make sense on its own and depends on the main clause?
- a) subordinate clause
- b) word family
- c) consonant
- 7.Which term means: the exact words someone says, inside inverted commas?
- a) clause
- b) word family
- c) direct speech
- 8.Which term means: a speech sound made by blocking the air, written with letters like b, c and d?
- a) conjunction
- b) consonant
- c) word family
- 9.Which term means: a speech sound made with the mouth open, written with a, e, i, o or u?
- a) conjunction
- b) direct speech
- c) vowel
- 10.Which term means: the marks placed around the exact words someone says?
- a) word family
- b) inverted commas (or 'speech marks')
- c) preposition
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- DfE, English Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation (statutory) — The per-year 'terminology for pupils' is reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright). Definitions and practice sentences are ChalkBee's own.