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Grade 3 English Language Arts · Parts of Speech

Grade 3 Parts of Speech Practice Test

Build Grade 3 grammar skills with five 10-question practice tests on nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, and sentence roles.

Parts of Speech Practice Tests

These Grade 3 English Language Arts practice tests help students identify how words work in sentences. Students recognize nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, proper nouns, and plural nouns.

Skills covered

  • Identifying common and proper nouns
  • Recognizing singular and plural nouns
  • Finding action and linking verbs
  • Identifying adjectives that describe nouns
  • Identifying adverbs that describe actions or tell when and where
  • Recognizing pronouns that replace nouns

How to use these practice tests

Read the complete sentence before choosing an answer. Ask what job the word performs: naming, showing action, describing, or replacing a noun. The same word can have different jobs in different sentences.

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Grade 3 Parts of Speech Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 3 English Language Arts practice test on nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, proper nouns, and plural nouns.

Read each sentence and identify the job of the word or phrase named in the question. Use the sentence meaning to choose the correct part of speech.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “The frog jumped over the log,” which word is an action verb?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Jumped.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Jumped names the action performed by the frog.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Jumped.

Jumped names the action performed by the frog.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “The soup is warm,” which word is a linking verb?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Is.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Is links the subject soup to the describing word warm.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Is.

Is links the subject soup to the describing word warm.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “An enormous whale surfaced,” which word is an adjective?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Enormous.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Enormous describes the whale.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Enormous.

Enormous describes the whale.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “The artist painted carefully,” which word is an adverb?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Carefully.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Carefully describes how the artist painted.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Carefully.

Carefully describes how the artist painted.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “We will visit the aquarium,” which words form the verb phrase?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Will visit.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Will visit tells what action will happen.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Will visit.

Will visit tells what action will happen.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “The wooden boat floated,” which word is an adjective?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Wooden.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Wooden describes what the boat is made of.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Wooden.

Wooden describes what the boat is made of.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “The class will travel tomorrow,” which word tells when the action happens?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Tomorrow.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Tomorrow tells when the class will travel, so it functions as an adverb of time.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Tomorrow.

Tomorrow tells when the class will travel, so it functions as an adverb of time.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “Lena thought about the answer,” which word is the verb?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Thought.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Thought names the action Lena performed.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Thought.

Thought names the action Lena performed.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “Three small birds landed,” which word is an adjective?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Small.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Small describes the birds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Small.

Small describes the birds.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

In the sentence “The children played outside,” which word tells where the action happened?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Outside.

  1. Read the sentence: Identify what job the word does in the sentence.
  2. Name the part of speech: Outside tells where the children played.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Outside.

Outside tells where the children played.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 3 Parts of Speech

What is a noun?

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a verb?

A verb shows an action or a state of being.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 3 Parts of Speech questions in total.