Third Grade ELA Practice

Homophones

100

What is a homophone? 

A word that is pronounced the same as another word, but has different meaning. 

Example: eye, I 

200

Which is the correct homophone in the following sentence:

I _____ myself a hamburger for lunch. 

maid    or     made 

made

300

Choose the correct homophone:

I __________ all of my lunch today. 

ate      or       eight 

eight

400

Select the correct homophone: 

The dog __________ chews his toys every day. 

choose           or.         chews

chews

500

Select the correct homophone:

My ______________Carmen is coming to visit. 

aunt      or           aunt 

aunt 

Contractions

100

Choose the correct contraction for the word pair in italics:

He is not going to school today. 

Hes     He's      His     

He's 

200

Select the correct word pair for the contraction: 

They'll never want to go back to that restaurant. 

They all         They will       They'll 

They will

300

What does the contraction "You'll" stand for? 

you will 

400

What does the contraction "I'd" stand for? 

I had or I would 

500

What does the contraction "we've" stand for? 

we have 

Suffixes

100

What is a suffix? 

A letter or group of letter added at the end of the word to change its meaning. 

200

Name 2 suffixes and their meaning.

Answers will vary.  Teacher will confirm. 

300

What does the suffix "able" mean? 

Give one word with that suffix. 

capable of 

able to do 

400

What does the suffix -est mean? 

Give one example of a word with that suffix. 

Most 

500

What does the suffix -ful mean? 

Give one example of a word with that suffix. 

Full of 

Prefixes

100

What does the prefix re- mean? 

To do again 

200

What does the word discontinue mean? 

The opposite of continue.  To not continue. To stop 

300

Which word means to not prepared ? 

imprepared      unprepared     preparedful 

unprepared 

400

What is the meaning of prefix? 

A letter or group of letters added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning 

500

Fill in the blank using a work with a prefix. 

The paint came off the house, so he had to _____________ it. 

Repaint 

Greek/Latin Roots

100

What is the root word in photograph? 

graph 

200

What is the root word in react? 

act

300

What does the root work "chron" mean? 

Hint - chronological 

time 

400

What is the root word shared in the following words, and what does it mean? 

photograph 

autograph

graphite

graph - to write 

500

What is the root word shared in the following words, and what does it mean?

activity

action

actor

act - to do, move