Grammar: Grades 3–4

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Nouns and PronounsCommon Nouns ........................................................................4Proper Nouns .............................................................................6Singular and Plural Nouns .....................................................8Plural Nouns ...............................................................................9Irregular Plural Nouns ...........................................................12Possessive Nouns ....................................................................13Pronouns ...................................................................................17Subject Pronouns .................................................................. 18Object Pronouns .....................................................................19Subject and Object Pronouns ........................................... 21Possessive Pronouns ............................................................. 22

VerbsAction Verbs ............................................................................ 25Present Tense Action Verbs ................................................ 27Past Tense Action Verbs ...................................................... 28Future Tense Verbs ................................................................ 32Past, Present, and Future Tense Verbs ............................ 34Irregular Verbs ........................................................................ 35Helping Verbs with Main Verbs ........................................ 36Helping Verbs with Irregular Verbs ................................. 37Linking Verbs ........................................................................... 38Present Tense Action Verbs and Linking Verbs ........... 40Past Tense Action Verbs and Linking Verbs .................. 42Forms of Be .............................................................................. 43

AdjectivesAdjectives ................................................................................. 45Adjectives That Compare ................................................... 47Proper Adjectives .................................................................. 48Articles ....................................................................................... 49Adverbs ..................................................................................... 51Adverbs That Compare ........................................................ 55

SentencesSimple Subjects and Predicates ....................................... 56Simple Subjects ...................................................................... 57Simple Predicates .................................................................. 58

Complete Subjects and Predicates ................................. 59Complete Subjects ................................................................ 60Complete Predicates ............................................................ 61Compound Subjects and Predicates .............................. 62Subject/Verb Agreement .................................................... 63Declarative and Interrogative Sentences ...................... 65Exclamatory Sentences ....................................................... 66Declarative, Interrogative, and

Exclamatory Sentences ..................................................... 67Word Order in Sentences .................................................... 68Imperative Sentences ........................................................... 69The Four Types of Sentences ............................................. 70Commas .................................................................................... 72Fragments .................................................................................74Run-On Sentences ................................................................ 75Sentences, Fragments, and Run-Ons.............................. 76

Word StudyUsing Good and Bad Correctly .......................................... 77Using Well and Badly Correctly ......................................... 78Compound Words ................................................................. 79Contractions ............................................................................ 80Using Negatives Correctly .................................................. 84Synonyms ................................................................................. 85Antonyms ................................................................................. 87Homophones .......................................................................... 89Prefixes ...................................................................................... 90Suffixes ...................................................................................... 92Root Words .............................................................................. 94Capitalization .......................................................................... 95

LettersParts of a Letter ...................................................................... 99Friendly Letters and Business Letters ........................... 101Commas in Letters .............................................................. 102Writing Letters ......................................................................103

Answer Key...........................................................................104

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Name Nouns and Pronouns

Common Nouns

A common noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

Examples: child (person), school (place), book (thing)

Underline each noun that names a person.

boy friend student

coach secretary game

both jolly teacher

house sister actor

Underline each noun that names a place.

science lab classroom food

playground hallway clinic

sun paper office

park dog diner

Underline each noun that names a thing.

desk dictionary ruler

neighbor lunch box city

house window book

truck banana teacher

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Name Nouns and Pronouns

Common NounsComplete each sentence by writing a noun that makes sense in each blank.

1. The drove his through the field.

2. The went to the beach.

3. A nurse works in a .

4. The blew in the wind.

5. My mom put a in a jar.

6. The belongs to .

7. A tastes sweet.

8. The broke down in the .

9. Taylor walked with his to the .

10. Juan took a to the park.

11. The fell off the tree.

12. I always eat my snack in the .

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Proper Nouns

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. Begin all proper nouns with a capital letter.

Example: Todd took pictures of Lookout Mountain in Tennessee.

Underline the proper nouns in each sentence below.

1. The official address of the president of the United States is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

2. The house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue used to be called the President’s House.

3. The first president of the United States, George Washington, did not live in the President’s House.

4. John Adams and his wife, Abigail, were the first to live there.

5. Soldiers from Great Britain burned the President’s House during the War of 1812, so President Monroe lived near 20th Street for nine months.

6. Andrew Jackson had magnolia trees planted on the south lawn, called President’s Park.

7. President Teddy Roosevelt changed the name of the house to the White House in 1901.

8. There was a second fire in the West Wing of the White House in 1929, while Herbert Hoover was president.

9. The inside of the White House was remodeled throughout much of President Harry S. Truman’s term, so his family lived across Pennsylvania Avenue in the Blair House.

10. Another name for the White House is the Executive Mansion.