Year 3 · English
Sentence Awareness
Year 3 learners practise building simple and compound sentences year 3.
The activities include Investigate Essential Words in Sentences, Use Interesting Verbs to Improve Written Dialogue. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Investigate Essential Words in Sentences
- Use Interesting Verbs to Improve Written Dialogue
Checked learning resources
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Creating Grammatically Correct Sentences
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
KS2 video models how word order and essential sentence elements create complete meaning.
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Learning About Action Verbs
Vimeo — Nancy Fetzer · Video · Opens on the provider website
Child-facing lesson categorises physical, verbal and thinking action verbs and models finding stronger verbs in sentences.
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Sentence Grammar
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
KS2 teaching explains complete sentences, clauses and the job of each word class.
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Word Order Grammar Activity Sheets
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Sentence practice asks pupils to remove, replace and rearrange words while checking whether the meaning remains complete.
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Alternatives to Said Word Mat
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
KS2 vocabulary support supplies precise reporting verbs for improving written dialogue.
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Simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences
Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 3 English resource matched to building simple and compound sentences year 3.