What Primary 3 Students Learn

Common & Proper Nouns (P3)

Deeper distinction; concrete nouns in context

Singular & Plural Nouns (P3)

Harder irregulars (f→ves: knife/knives; no-change: sheep/sheep; vowel-change: goose/geese); sentence-level plural conversion; plural vs possessive distinction

Possessive Nouns (P3)

Plural possessives (the boys' bags); irregular plural possessives (the children's toys)

Countable & Uncountable Nouns (P3)

Expanded quantifier usage with countable/uncountable nouns

Collective Nouns (P3)

More collective nouns in context (a flock, a herd, a bunch)

Abstract Nouns (P3)

Introduction (happiness, courage — early exposure)

Possessive Pronouns (P3)

Using possessive adjectives in context

Reflexive Pronouns (P3)

Expanded usage (myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves)

Reciprocal Pronouns (P3)

"each other" (two people) and "one another" (more than two); reciprocal actions (They helped each other)

Relative Pronouns (P3)

Introduction (who, which, that) to join clauses

Articles (P3)

Definite (the), indefinite (a/an), zero article usage

Demonstratives (P3)

Demonstrative pronouns vs determiners (this book vs this is mine)

Quantifiers (P3)

Expanded: few vs a few, little vs a little, a lot of

Distributives (P3)

Introduction (each, every, either, neither)

Comparative & Superlative (P3)

-er/-est; more/most for longer adjectives

Adjective Order (P3)

Basic order in simple strings (two big red balls)

Adverbs of Manner, Time & Place (P3)

Adverbs of manner (quickly), time (yesterday), place (here); forming -ly adverbs

Comparison of Adverbs (P3)

Comparative and superlative of short adverbs (fast/faster/fastest, hard/harder/hardest)

Adjective vs Adverb (P3)

He runs _fast_ vs He is _fast_; basic distinction

Subject-Verb Agreement (P3)

Practice with more sentence patterns

Simple Present Tense (P3)

Negative sentences with do/does not; question formation with do/does; distinguishing from present continuous

Simple Past Tense (P3)

Wider range of irregular verbs

Simple Future Tense (P3)

"will + base verb" and "going to + base verb"; time markers (tomorrow, next week)

Present Continuous Tense (P3)

Spelling rules for -ing (dropping -e, doubling consonant)

Past Continuous Tense (P3)

was/were + verb-ing in varied contexts

Present Perfect Tense (P3)

has/have + past participle; with never, ever, already, yet

Prepositions of Place (P3)

Wider range: near, over, above; spatial relationships

Prepositions of Time (P3)

"in the morning", "on Monday", "at 3 o'clock"; during

Prepositions of Direction (P3)

along, across, into, from, over

Coordinating Conjunctions (P3)

and, but, or, so — joining clauses

Subordinating Conjunctions (P3)

because, when, while, before, after, if, although

Correlative Conjunctions (P3)

both...and, either...or, neither...nor

Question Formation (P3)

Correct word order in questions

Noun Phrases (P3)

Identifying noun phrases (the tall boy, a big red ball); the head noun and its modifiers

Verb Phrases (P3)

Identifying verb phrases (is running, has eaten, will go); main verb + auxiliaries

Modifiers (P3)

Identifying adjectives and adverbs as modifiers; what word does the modifier describe?

Compound Sentences (P3)

Joining two simple sentences with conjunctions

Capital Letters (P3)

Names, titles, days, months, holidays, places

Commas (P3)

In lists; after introductory words; with direct address

Apostrophes (P3)

For possession — singular (the boy's hat)

Quotation Marks (P3)

Introduction to speech marks

Prefixes (P3)

Meaning-changing prefixes: un-, re-, pre-, mis-, dis-; how prefixes change word meaning

Forming Nouns (P3)

Suffixes that form nouns: -tion, -ness, -ment, -er, -ist; recognising when a sentence needs a noun

Forming Adjectives (P3)

Suffixes that form adjectives: -ful, -less, -ous, -ive, -able; recognising when a sentence needs an adjective

Forming Adverbs (P3)

Adding -ly to adjectives (quick → quickly); irregular adverb forms (good → well, fast → fast)