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3rd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 10 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.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Language 1; Language 2 · 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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 10 of 13 in 3rd grade English Language Arts, after ABC Order & Dictionary 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: Maine Department of Education

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

    Which sentence tells what is happening right now?

    • She is reading a book.
    • She read a book.
    • She will read a book.

  2. Question 2

    Which word is the preposition? The cat hid under the table.

    • under
    • hid
    • cat

  3. Question 3

    Two girls each own a hat. Which is correct? The ___ hats are red.

    • girls
    • girls'
    • girl's

  4. Question 4

    Which sentence tells what was happening at that time?

    • We were walking home.
    • We will walk home.
    • We walk home.

  5. Question 5

    Which word is the linking verb? The sky is cloudy.

    • is
    • cloudy
    • sky

  6. Question 6

    ___ did you walk to school? Because it was sunny.

    • How
    • When
    • Why

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