Grade 3 ELA Practice Test: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs
- Parts of Speech
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten questions on the parts of speech you learn in third grade. Tip: a noun names, a verb shows action, an adjective describes a noun, and an adverb often tells how, when or where.
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Question 1
The tired puppy slept quietly.
Which word in the sentence is a noun?
Correct answer: A
"Puppy" names an animal, so it is a noun. "Tired" describes the puppy (adjective), "slept" is the verb, and "quietly" is an adverb.
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Question 2
Grandpa planted tomatoes in the sunny garden.
Which word in the sentence is a verb?
Correct answer: D
"Planted" tells what Grandpa did, so it is the action verb. "Sunny" describes the garden, and the other two words are nouns.
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Question 3
A huge wave splashed the children.
Which word in the sentence is an adjective?
Correct answer: B
"Huge" describes the wave, telling what kind of wave it was. "Wave" and "children" are nouns, and "splashed" is the verb.
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Question 4
Mia carefully carried the glass of milk.
Which word in the sentence is an adverb?
Correct answer: C
"Carefully" tells how Mia carried the glass, so it is an adverb. Many adverbs end in -ly.
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Question 5
Ben and Rosa walked to the park.
Which pronoun can take the place of the underlined words?
Correct answer: B
Ben and Rosa are two people doing the action, so the subject pronoun "They" fits. "Them" is used after a verb, as in "I saw them."
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Question 6
What is the correct plural of child?
Correct answer: D
"Child" is an irregular noun: its plural is "children." It does not take -s or -es.
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Question 7
Which sentence uses the correct plural noun?
Correct answer: A
The plural of "goose" is "geese." The other sentences should say "teeth," "mice," and "feet."
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Question 8
Which word is an abstract noun?
Correct answer: C
An abstract noun names an idea or feeling you cannot touch or see. Courage is an idea, while a river, a pencil, and a teacher can all be seen.
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Question 9
This rope is ______ than that one.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
Correct answer: A
When you compare two things, add -er: "longer." "Longest" compares three or more, and "more longer" uses two comparing words at once.
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Question 10
The birds flapped ______ wings.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
Correct answer: B
"Their" shows that the wings belong to the birds. "There" names a place, "they're" means "they are," and "its" is for one thing, not many birds.
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