Free Year 3 NAPLAN Grammar Practice Questions

Year 3 NAPLAN grammar tests cover basic sentence structure, punctuation and parts of speech. Students need to identify and correct errors in sentences. Skillo has hundreds of practice questions aligned to the Australian Curriculum, free and ready to go.

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What’s tested in Year 3 NAPLAN Grammar

  • ✓Sentences — identifying complete sentences and sentence types
  • ✓Punctuation — capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
  • ✓Nouns — common, proper and collective nouns
  • ✓Verbs — action verbs and basic tense
  • ✓Adjectives — describing words
  • ✓Conjunctions — joining words and sentences

Sample questions

Question 1 — Easy

Which sentence has CORRECT punctuation?

A) the dog barked at the other pets.
B) the dog Barked at the other Pets.
C) The dog barked at the other pets.
D) The dog barked at the other pets

Answer: Option C is correct: it starts with a CAPITAL letter ('The') and ends with a FULL STOP. Option A starts with a lowercase letter — sentences must begin with a capital. Option B capitalises 'Barked' and 'Pets' incorrectly — only proper nouns and the first word of a sentence get capitals. Option D has no full stop at the end.

Question 2 — Medium

Choose the correct preposition of place to complete the sentence. The baby joey was resting ___ its mother's pouch.

A) over
B) inside
C) around
D) between

Answer: Prepositions of place tell us where something is. 'Inside' means within something — the joey rests inside the pouch. 'Over' means above something. 'Around' means surrounding something on the outside. 'Between' is used to show something is in the middle of two things. Only 'inside' correctly describes where a joey rests in the pouch.

Question 3 — Hard

'The seagull swooped _____ and grabbed the chip.' Which word correctly fills the gap as an ADVERB?

A) seagull
B) grabbed
C) quickly
D) chip

Answer: 'Quickly' is an ADVERB — it describes HOW the seagull swooped (the verb). Adverbs modify verbs. Option A ('seagull') is a NOUN — it names a thing. Option B ('grabbed') is a VERB — it shows another action. Option D ('chip') is a NOUN.

How to use Skillo for Year 3 Grammar

  1. Select Year 3 and Grammar on the home screen
  2. Use Quick Practice for short daily grammar sessions
  3. Focus on punctuation — it is the most commonly tested area at Year 3
  4. Check the Skill Breakdown to see which grammar topics need work

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