Spelling and Spelling Patterns : Grammar : Third Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

Below, you will find a wide range of our printable worksheets in chapter Spelling and Spelling Patterns of section Grammar. These worksheets are appropriate for Third Grade English Language Arts. We have crafted many worksheets covering various aspects of this topic, blends and contractions, orthographic patterns, homophones and homographs, words in alphabetical order, and many more. We hope you find them very useful and interesting.

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Spelling and Spelling Patterns

Worksheet: Third Grade

Contractions


Use a contraction in place of the underlined verb and 'not'. Then rewrite each sentence.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Blends and Contractions


Worksheet: Third Grade

Contractions


Write the word that forms the contraction in each sentence.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Blends and Contractions


Worksheet: Third Grade

Contractions


Write the correct contraction for each pair of words.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Blends and Contractions


Worksheet: Third Grade

Inflectional Endings : No Change


Add the inflected endings to the base words without changing the word. Then choose one form of the word and write a sentence using the word.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns


Worksheet: Third Grade

Inflectional Endings : Drop Silent e


Add -ed and -ing to the base words . Write the new words on the lines. Don’t forget to drop the silent e when adding -ed and -ing to the base words.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns



Add -ed to the base word in parenthesis ( ) to complete each sentence.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns



Add -ed and -ing to the base words . Write the new words on the lines.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns


Worksheet: Third Grade

Bow or Bounce (Words with /ou/ sound)


Sort, then write the words with ou and ow sounds in the correct column.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns


Worksheet: Third Grade

Boy or Boil (Words with /oi/ sound)


Use the word list to complete each sentence. If the word has an oy sound as in boy, draw a circle around it. Underline the word if it has an oi sound as in boil.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns


Worksheet: Third Grade

Crawl or Cause


Complete the sentences with one of the aw or au words from the word box.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns


Worksheet: Third Grade

Boo Diphthongs


Find and circle the oo sound words in a word search box. The words could be horizontal or vertical.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns



Unscramble the given words and write them in the blanks.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Orthographic Patterns


Worksheet: Third Grade

Homophones


Circle and write the correct homophones in the blanks. Then write two sentences using two of the homophones that you didn't circle.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Homophones and Homographs


Worksheet: Third Grade

Homophones


Ar worksheet for the students to practice identifying correct homophones and writing the sentences using the homophones.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Homophones and Homographs


Worksheet: Third Grade

Homographs


Choose the correct meaning for the underlined homograph in each sentence.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Homophones and Homographs


Worksheet: Third Grade

Homographs


Identify the correct meaning of the homograph used in each sentence.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Homophones and Homographs


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of A


Write the words from the word box in ABC order. Copy and rewrite the word.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of A


(List # 2) Write the words from the word box in ABC order. Copy and rewrite the word.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of A


(List # 3) Write the words from the word box in ABC order. Copy and rewrite the word.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of A


(List # 4) Write the words from the word box in ABC order. Copy and rewrite the word.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of E


Read the group of words in each box. Numbers the words 1, 2, 3, and 4 to put them in ABC order.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of I


Write the words from the word box in ABC order.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of I


(List # 2) Write the words from the word box in ABC order.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of O


Write the words from the word box in ABC order.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of O


(List # 2) Write the words from the word box in ABC order.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of U


Write the words from the word box in ABC order.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order


Worksheet: Third Grade

ABC Order - Various sounds of U


(List # 2) Write the words from the word box in ABC order.

Category:  Grammar     Spelling and Spelling Patterns     Words in Alphabetical Order



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