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3rd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 9 of 13

Grammar Gears

Possessives, verbs and prepositions

What your child practices

Showing who owns something with 's, choosing linking verbs and -ing verbs, using question words like which and whose, and spotting prepositions and interjections.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.36; 3.37 · possessives, verb tenses and prepositions

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Add ’s to show who owns something: the dog’s bone.
  2. Question words ask for different things: who (a person), when (a time), where (a place), which (a choice), whose (an owner).
  3. Prepositions show where: under, on, beside. An interjection shows feeling: Oops! Wow!

Example: Which word completes the question? “___ is your birthday?” “In May.” The answer, May, is a time. The question word for a time is when. Answer: When

Grammar Gears in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 9 of 13 in 3rd grade English Language Arts, after Sentence Smarts and before Reading Patterns.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The pie ___ delicious yesterday.

    • were
    • is
    • was

  2. Question 2

    Which shows that the bone belongs to the dog?

    • the dog bone's
    • the dog's bone
    • the dogs bone

  3. Question 3

    ___ is the party? At the park.

    • Why
    • Where
    • When

  4. Question 4

    Which word is the preposition? The ball rolled across the floor.

    • rolled
    • ball
    • across

  5. Question 5

    ___ does the movie start? At 3 o'clock.

    • When
    • Where
    • Why

  6. Question 6

    Use the progressive tense: Right now, I ___ my lunch.

    • ate
    • will eat
    • am eating

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