Will You Pass 3rd Grade English?

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How much do you remember from elementary school English? Take this quiz to test your knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, parts of speech, and punctuation, and see how you match up to a 3rd grader.


Pamela is a longtime journalist and author who has written about everything from science and politics to books and travel. She has her Bachelor’s in Political Science and Master’s in Journalism and is currently working on a book.

She has covered hurricanes and plane crashes, elections and terrorism.

3rd Grade English Quiz Questions

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Question 1

Choose the correct spelling for the missing word in this sentence: “Sorry, I’m too ___ to meet you for lunch.”

  • A
    busy
  • B
    busie
  • C
    busey
  • D
    bizzie

Question 2

Choose the correct spelling for the missing word in this sentence: “I know how to ___ my shoes.”

  • A
    tie
  • B
    tye
  • C
    ti
  • D
    ty

Question 3

Choose the verb that agrees with the pronoun(s) in the following sentence: "I _____ to buy a new car."

  • A
    wants
  • B
    want
  • C
    can
  • D
    wishes

Question 4

Choose the best adjective to complete this sentence: "The 16-year-old boy was _____ than his baby sister."

  • A
    most tall
  • B
    tall
  • C
    tallest
  • D
    taller

Question 5

Choose the correct verb to complete this sentence: "I ____ on the report yesterday."

  • A
    worked
  • B
    working
  • C
    work
  • D
    will work

Question 6

Choose the correct punctuation for the following sentence: "I walked to the store_"

  • A
    . period
  • B
    / slash
  • C
    ? question mark
  • D
    : colon

Question 7

Choose the correct punctuation for the following sentence: "Will you be my friend_"

  • A
    ! exclamation mark
  • B
    : colon
  • C
    ? question mark
  • D
    . period

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an example of an action verb?

  • A
    draw
  • B
    is
  • C
    walk
  • D
    swim

Question 9

Select the proper plural form of the noun “man”.

  • A
    mans
  • B
    mens
  • C
    many
  • D
    men

Question 10

Choose the adjective in the following sentence: "Lucy is a flexible acrobat."

  • A
    is
  • B
    Lucy
  • C
    acrobat
  • D
    flexible

Question 11

Choose the correct punctuation for the following sentence: "Your drawing is fantastic_"

  • A
    [ left bracket
  • B
    : colon
  • C
    ! exclamation mark
  • D
    ? question mark

Question 12

True or false: A common noun can be a person, place or thing.

  • A
    False
  • B
    True

Question 13

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.

  • A
    Anna is traveling to Chicago; Illinois.
  • B
    Anna is traveling to Chicago, Illinois.
  • C
    Anna, is traveling to Chicago Illinois.
  • D
    Anna is traveling to Chicago. Illinois.

Question 14

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.

  • A
    Jack's birthday is Oct. 12 2007.
  • B
    Jack's birthday is Oct. 12; 2007.
  • C
    Jack's birthday is Oct. 12 - 2007.
  • D
    Jack's birthday is Oct. 12, 2007.

Question 15

Choose the preposition in the following sentence: The store is near my house.

  • A
    house
  • B
    near
  • C
    my
  • D
    store

Question 16

Choose the correct pronoun to take the place of Emily in the following sentence: "Emily lost her first tooth today."

  • A
    We
  • B
    Them
  • C
    She
  • D
    Her

Question 17

Choose the adjective in the following sentence: "Ed read the large book by himself."

  • A
    Ed
  • B
    himself
  • C
    read
  • D
    large

Question 18

Choose the preposition in the following sentence: "The plant is behind the chair."

  • A
    plant
  • B
    is
  • C
    behind
  • D
    chair

Question 19

Select the adverb in the following sentence: "Sarah worked carefully on her essay."

  • A
    worked
  • B
    essay
  • C
    carefully
  • D
    Emily

Question 20

Choose the proper noun in the following sentence that needs to be capitalized: "School usually starts in september."

  • A
    School
  • B
    September
  • C
    Starts
  • D
    Usually

Question 21

Select the adverb in the following sentence: "She always tells the truth."

  • A
    truth
  • B
    She
  • C
    tells
  • D
    always

Question 22

Find the subject in the following sentence: "Tyler and his father played football at the park."

  • A
    at
  • B
    Tyler and his father
  • C
    football
  • D
    the park

Question 23

Which of the following words is a compound word?

  • A
    wander
  • B
    unlikely
  • C
    yard
  • D
    headache

Question 24

Choose the preposition in the following sentence: "The computer is on the desk."

  • A
    on
  • B
    is
  • C
    computer
  • D
    desk

Question 25

Select the words that should be capitalized in this sentence: "does laura want to join us at the movie on friday?"

  • A
    To, Us
  • B
    Does, Laura, Friday
  • C
    Join, On
  • D
    Want, The, Movie

Question 26

Find the subject in the following sentence: "My dog ate my paper."

  • A
    My dog
  • B
    My
  • C
    ate
  • D
    paper

Question 27

Choose the adjective in the following sentence: "Julia carefully carried the pretty glasses to the kitchen."

  • A
    carefully
  • B
    glasses
  • C
    pretty
  • D
    kitchen

Question 28

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: "Martin was important in the city council."

  • A
    council
  • B
    was
  • C
    in the
  • D
    important

Question 29

Choose the correct superlative or comparative word to fill in the blank in this sentence: "Our best runners sprint ____."

  • A
    the fastest
  • B
    most fast
  • C
    the most fasterest
  • D
    more fast

Question 30

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.

  • A
    My sister is reading “Charlotte’s Web”.
  • B
    ```My; sister!!@ is% ??reading.'.'.' “'/Charlotte’s Web”. :)
  • C
    My sister is reading: Charlotte’s Web.
  • D
    My sister is reading, Charlotte’s Web.

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I was always taught that the period goes inside the quotes at the end of a sentence. When did that change?

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The quiz helped me reidentify the need to focus on writing skills

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