SPAG – spelling, punctuation and Grammar (explained!)

This is a guide to help you with the spelling, punctuation and Grammar taught in year 3. This knowledge equips children with essential knowledge to: spell words accurately, use a wide range of punctuation with precision and use sentences with the correct grammatical structure. Use the links below to improve your understanding, and usage, of key spag skills.

Punctuation

For help understanding and using commas click here

For help understanding and using apostrophes click here

For help understanding and using colons click here and semi colons click here

For help understanding and using speech marks and quotation marks click here

Grammar – Different classifications of words

For help understanding and using nouns click here and pronouns click here

For help understanding and using verbs click here and adverbs click here

For help understanding and using adjectives click here

For help understanding and using conjunctions click here

For help understanding and using prepositions click here

Spelling

Below are all the words in the Year 3 National Curriculum spelling list:

For help understanding and using common tricky spellings click here

Glossary of Spag terms

Some of the vocabulary used when talking about Spag can be confusing (conjunction anyone!), click here to look up a term that you don’t understand.

I hope this is helpful!