What Primary 3 Students Learn
Free grammar lessons and practice for Primary 3 students. Covers 12 categories with 45 topics, each with a lesson, practice quiz, and assessment.
Nouns
View allCommon & 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)
Pronouns
View allPossessive 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 & Determiners
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View allAdverbs
View allAdverbs 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
Verbs
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View allSimple 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
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View allSentence Structure
View allQuestion 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
Punctuation
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View allPrefixes (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)
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