KS2 English textbook

Chapter 3: Word classes

Strand Grammar
Level Year 3
Practice 95 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 English, Year 3. Content: Name the word class of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and determiner, Use a simple test to decide the word class of a word in its sentence, Recognise that the same word can have different word classes in different sentences, Choose a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel sound, Learn the grammar for Years 3 and 4 in English Appendix 2, including determiners and pronouns.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Say what a noun, verb, adjective and adverb do, and test each one
Say what a pronoun, preposition, conjunction and determiner do, and test each one
Find the word class of each word in a sentence
Choose a or an by the first sound of the next word
Explain why a word is a noun, a verb or another word class, using its job in the sentence

You should already know

Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, and their everyday uses (Year 2)
Expanded noun phrases, such as the blue butterfly (Year 2)

Where this leads

Clauses and sentences, with conjunctions such as when, because and although (Chapter 4)
Punctuating direct speech (Chapter 5)

Lessons in this chapter

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Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes every past KS2 test, with mark schemes, for free.

KS2 English past papers