Ages 7 to 8 · three terms of 12 weeks
Year 3 SPaG worksheets
Meet the main word types and simple punctuation, then the first prefixes, suffixes, conjunctions and direct speech. 16 blocks and 42 topics. Worksheets are being written in teaching order.
Blocks marked “coming soon” are being written. Each term mixes grammar, punctuation and spelling; open “Topics” under a term to see what each block covers.
Autumn term
The building blocks: word types, sentence types, the punctuation children already use, and the first prefixes and suffixes.
GrammarWord typesWeeks 1 to 3Coming soon
PunctuationSentence types and punctuationWeeks 4 to 6Coming soon
PunctuationCommas in lists and apostrophesWeeks 7 to 8Coming soon
SpellingPrefixes: un, dis, mis, reWeeks 9 to 10Coming soon
SpellingThe suffix -lyWeeks 11 to 12Coming soon
Topics in Autumn term
- Word types (grammar): Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Choosing a or an Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 6.9 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Sentence types and punctuation (punctuation): Statements, questions, commands and exclamations, Capital letters and full stops, Question marks and exclamation marks Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 5.6 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Commas in lists and apostrophes (punctuation): Commas in lists, Apostrophes for missing letters Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 2.9 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Prefixes: un, dis, mis, re (spelling): 'un' and 'dis', 'mis' and 're' Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.3 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 and about 1.8 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- The suffix -ly (spelling): Adding 'ly' to adjectives, Words ending in 'ly' (happily, gently) Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.1 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 and about 1.6 of the 20 spelling words each year.
Spring term
Joining ideas and telling time: conjunctions, prepositions, tenses (with a first look at the present perfect) and direct speech.
GrammarConjunctionsWeeks 1 to 3Coming soon
GrammarPrepositions and adverbs of time and placeWeeks 4 to 5Coming soon
GrammarTensesWeeks 6 to 8Coming soon
PunctuationInverted commasWeeks 9 to 10Coming soon
SpellingSuffixes: -ous and -ationWeeks 11 to 12Coming soon
Topics in Spring term
- Conjunctions (grammar): and, but, so, when, before, after, while, because Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.4 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Prepositions and adverbs of time and place (grammar): Prepositions of place, Prepositions of time, then, next, soon Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.3 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Tenses (grammar): Present tense and past tense, Verbs with 'ing', The present perfect (introduction) Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 2.5 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Inverted commas (punctuation): What direct speech is, Inverted commas around spoken words Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.0 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Suffixes: -ous and -ation (spelling): Adding 'ous', Adding 'ation' Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.1 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 and about 2.0 of the 20 spelling words each year.
Summer term
Clauses, possession and word families, then the first spelling patterns that the Year 6 spelling test comes back to, with a week of revision.
GrammarClausesWeeks 1 to 2Coming soon
PunctuationApostrophes for singular possessionWeeks 3 to 3Coming soon
GrammarWord familiesWeeks 4 to 5Coming soon
SpellingSounds spelt in different waysWeeks 6 to 8Coming soon
Spellingch, sc and the sounds they makeWeeks 9 to 10Coming soon
RevisionRevision: Year 3Weeks 11 to 12Coming soon
Topics in Summer term
- Clauses (grammar): Main clauses, Subordinate clauses, Headings and paragraphs Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 0.9 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Apostrophes for singular possession (punctuation): The apostrophe before s, Contractions and possession Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 2.0 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Word families (grammar): Words from the same root, Prefixes and suffixes in a family Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 0.7 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Sounds spelt in different ways (spelling): The /i/ sound spelt y, The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou, Homophones (Years 3 and 4) Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.7 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- ch, sc and the sounds they make (spelling): ch sounding like k, ch sounding like sh, sc sounding like s Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.8 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- Revision: Year 3 (revision): Word types and sentences, Punctuation, Spelling