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3rd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 10 of 15

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 3.11(D) · 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 10 of 15 in 3rd grade English Language Arts, after ABC Order & Dictionary and before Word Pictures.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    • cat
    • hid
    • under

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence has an interjection?

    • Hooray! We won the game.
    • The game was fun.
    • We won the game.

  3. Question 3

    Which sentence has a linking verb?

    • The cat jumped high.
    • The cat is sleepy.
    • The cat chased the mouse.

  4. Question 4

    Which is correct?

    • The childrens' toys are in the box.
    • The children's toys are in the box.
    • The childrens toys are in the box.

  5. Question 5

    Which word completes the question? ___ coat is this?

    • Where
    • When
    • Whose

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

    • Mia's backpack is blue.
    • Mia backpack's is blue.
    • Mias' backpack is blue.

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