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All about Nouns!
Noun- a person, place, thing. You can also have an
abstract noun, which is something you can’t hear,
touch, smell, taste, or see.
Examples: girl, store, tree, bravery
Common Core Study Guide
3rd grade Language Arts
Have you heard about verbs??
Pronoun- takes the place of a specific noun
Verb- an action word
Examples: he, she, it, they, them
Examples: jump, talk, listen, walk
Proper noun- a specific person, place, or thing
Verbs have tenses too! That is when the verb is happening. Let’s
take a look!
Examples: Wal-Mart, Florida, Sally, Jandy’s Fro
Yo
Plural Nouns- more than one person, place, or
thing. Most of the time we just add –s or –es, but
there are some exceptions! If it is an irregular plural
noun, it may change altogether or stay the same.
Present tense- These verbs are happening right now! You can often
show a present tense verb by adding –s or adding is or are and a
verb ending in -ing
Examples: he runs, she is reading, they are learning
Irregular plural nouns: men, geese, deer, mice
Past tense- These verbs have already happened! Most verbs can be
shown in the past tense by adding –ed. Of course, there are those
irregular verbs that change altogether or not at all!
Possessive Nouns- these nouns show ownership!
Examples: He jumped, she listened, they learned
You show this by adding an apostrophe –s to
singular nouns, and plural nouns get an apostrophe
Irregular examples: He wrote (past tense for write), she ran (past
tense for run), they read (read stays the same)
Examples: boxes, girls, stores, fairies
after the –s
Examples for singular possessive: girl’s house,
dog’s food, teacher’s classroom
Examples for plural possessive: 2 girls’ table, 3
dogs’ toy, 7 players’ ball
Future tense: These verbs haven’t happened yet! They will
happen! Add the word “will” or “going to” to show this tense.
Examples: he will run, I will study, she is going to jog
Adjectives: Making the world more colorful
since the dawn of time!
Adverbs are wonderfully wonderful!
Adjective: a word that describes a noun
Adverb- a word that describes an adjective or
verb. Sometimes these words end in –ly, but not
always. They can tell where and when too.
Examples: red book, nice girl, windy day
Examples: The class quietly lined up. He
quickly finished his test. The egg was
under the bush.
Comparative adjectives compare 2 things. Often end in -er
There are also adjectives that compare!
Examples: That girl is nicer than that boy. He is taller than his
dad.
Superlative adjectives compare 3 or more things. Often end in –
est.
Examples: That was the hardest test I’ve ever taken! She is the
prettiest girl in the world. He is the nicest teacher in the school.
Conjunctions: Awesome Connectors
Conjunctions connect independent clauses or phrases. There are two types we learn about in 3rd grade.
Coordinating Conjunctions: These words combine sentences or words that are equally important. The acronym
FANBOYS can be used to remember the 7 coordinating conjunctions. They are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and
so.
Examples: He is going to the movies and to the mall. The teacher told the students to study for their test so that
they would make a good great. The sun was shining, but his mother still said he had to stay inside.
Subordinating Conjunctions: These words join words, but also show a relationship between the words.
Common subordinating conjunctions include because, before, after, as, although, if, while, unless, since, though
Examples: He could not play outside because it was raining. You need to do your homework before you watch
TV. She is going run on the treadmill after she does her stretches.
Comma Use
Use commas between a city and state in an
address
Example: Nancy Drew
124 Clue Street
Rome, Georgia 30165
Use commas when you are using quotation
marks to show dialogue
Example: “I need to borrow your scissors,”
said Natalie.
Subject verb agreement
You must make sure that your subjects and verbs
agree. If you have a singular subject, your present
tense verb will often end with an –s. If you have a
plural subject, your present tense verb will not have
an –s.
Examples: Susan jogs home every day. They like
ice cream.
Prefixes and Suffixes
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
When you replace nouns with pronouns,
you need to make sure that they agree.
Example: Susan and Mike rode home
with their grandmother.
You can replace Susan and Mike with the
pronoun they.
They rode home with their grandmother.
Remember, a root or base word is the original word you start with.
You can add a prefix at the beginning of a root word to change its
meaning. The examples below show the prefix in bold, the root word
underlined.
Examples: unreal, pretest, reheat
A suffix can be added at the end of a root word to change its meaning.
The examples below show the root word underlined, and the suffix in
bold.
Examples: sickness, delightful, painter