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Grade 3 English Language Arts · Informational Writing

Grade 3 Informational Writing Practice Test

Build Grade 3 writing skills with five 10-question practice tests on facts, topic sentences, supporting details, text features, organization, and conclusions.

Informational Writing Practice Tests

These Grade 3 English Language Arts practice tests help students explain a topic with clear facts and details. Students practice writing topic sentences, using text features, organizing steps, explaining cause and effect, and writing conclusions.

Skills covered

  • Choosing a clear informational topic sentence
  • Distinguishing facts from opinions
  • Selecting relevant supporting details
  • Using headings, captions, labels, and glossaries
  • Organizing information by sequence, comparison, or cause and effect
  • Writing a conclusion that summarizes the topic

How to use these practice tests

Start by identifying what the reader needs to learn. Choose facts and details that stay on topic, use headings or captions to organize information, and connect ideas with clear transition words.

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Grade 3 Informational Writing Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 3 English Language Arts practice test on topic sentences, facts, details, text features, organization, and conclusions.

Read each informational-writing question carefully. Choose the fact, detail, text feature, organization, or conclusion that best teaches the topic.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is the best topic sentence for an informational paragraph about the water cycle?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Water moves through Earth in a repeating cycle..

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: This sentence introduces the main scientific idea that the details will explain.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Water moves through Earth in a repeating cycle..

This sentence introduces the main scientific idea that the details will explain.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which detail supports “Water can change into vapor”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Heat from the Sun can cause water to evaporate into the air..

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: This fact explains how water changes into vapor.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Heat from the Sun can cause water to evaporate into the air..

This fact explains how water changes into vapor.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is the best conclusion for a paragraph about the water cycle?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The water cycle continually moves water between Earth and the atmosphere..

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: This sentence brings the water-cycle facts together in a final idea.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The water cycle continually moves water between Earth and the atmosphere..

This sentence brings the water-cycle facts together in a final idea.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence best shows the order of a seed growing into a plant?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is First a seed sprouts, then roots and leaves develop..

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: The sentence uses sequence to explain the stages in the correct order.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is First a seed sprouts, then roots and leaves develop..

The sentence uses sequence to explain the stages in the correct order.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which step should come first in an informational paragraph about washing hands?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is First, wet your hands with clean water..

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: Wet hands is the first step in the process.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is First, wet your hands with clean water..

Wet hands is the first step in the process.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which transition best introduces the next step?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Next.

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: Next shows that the following action comes after the previous one.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Next.

Next shows that the following action comes after the previous one.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best explains why a puddle dries after a sunny day?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is because.

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: Because introduces the cause or reason for the puddle drying.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is because.

Because introduces the cause or reason for the puddle drying.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which phrase best introduces the result of heavy rain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is As a result.

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: As a result signals what happened because of the heavy rain.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is As a result.

As a result signals what happened because of the heavy rain.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which detail compares two kinds of clouds?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Cumulus clouds look puffy, while cirrus clouds look thin and wispy..

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: The sentence compares the appearance of two types of clouds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Cumulus clouds look puffy, while cirrus clouds look thin and wispy..

The sentence compares the appearance of two types of clouds.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is the best title for an informational paragraph about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is How Water Moves Through the Air.

  1. Read the information task: Identify the topic and the information the paragraph needs.
  2. Choose the best informational element: The title names the scientific process described by the details.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is How Water Moves Through the Air.

The title names the scientific process described by the details.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 3 Informational Writing

What is informational writing?

Informational writing teaches readers about a topic by using clear facts, details, and organized explanations.

Why are text features useful?

Headings, captions, labels, and glossaries help readers find and understand important information.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 3 Informational Writing questions in total.