Year 3 Verbs Worksheets – Action, Being, Past and Present Tense

🔤 Build Confident Grammar Skills

Help children recognise, classify and use verbs with this progressive Year 3 grammar worksheet pack. Learners begin by identifying verbs in sentences before exploring action and being verbs, sorting verbs by tense and changing present-tense verbs into the past tense.

Each worksheet includes varied activities and opportunities for children to write their own sentences. Complete answer pages make marking and independent checking straightforward.

📚 What Is Included

• 3 printable verb worksheets

• 3 corresponding answer pages

• 6 A4 pages in total

• Verb-identification activities

• Past-tense verb word bank activity

• Action verb and being verb sorting

• Past-tense and present-tense sorting

• Present-to-past tense conversion

• Independent sentence-writing activities

• Example sentences on the answer pages

• QR-code access to a short supporting video about verbs

✏️ Skills Covered

• Recognising verbs within sentences

• Understanding that verbs can show actions or states of being

• Distinguishing action verbs from being verbs

• Identifying past-tense and present-tense verbs

• Changing regular and irregular verbs into the past tense

• Selecting suitable verbs to complete sentences

• Using verbs accurately in original sentences

• Developing grammar, vocabulary and sentence-writing confidence

📈 Learning Progression

The resource follows a clear progression across three worksheets:

• Worksheet 346: Identify verbs, complete sentences using a verb word bank and write original sentences.

• Worksheet 347: Sort action and being verbs, identify action verbs in context and write sentences using both types.

• Worksheet 348: Sort past- and present-tense verbs, change present-tense verbs into the past tense and write sentences using different tenses.

The activities move from supported identification and sorting to independent application.

🎯 Curriculum and Assessment Relevance

These worksheets support grammar, language conventions, vocabulary and sentence construction skills commonly taught in Year 3 primary and elementary English programmes.

They provide useful practice for the types of grammar and language-convention skills used in assessments such as NAPLAN and SATs. This resource is not officially endorsed by, affiliated with or formally aligned to NAPLAN or SATs.

🏫 Suggested Uses

• Whole-class grammar lessons

• Independent classwork

• Literacy centres or stations

• Homework

• Morning work

• Revision and consolidation

• Tutoring sessions

• Homeschool learning

• Early-finisher activities

• Grammar intervention

• NAPLAN and SATs skills practice

👩‍🏫 Suitable For

• Year 3 learners

• Primary and elementary pupils

• Children developing foundational grammar skills

• Classroom teachers

• Homeschooling families

• Tutors and learning-support teachers

• Australian, UK and international learning settings

• Both “maths/English” and international “math/English language arts” resource collections

📄 Product Details

• Resource type: Printable grammar worksheets

• Topic: Verbs

• Level: Year 3 primary/elementary

• Pages: 6

• Student worksheets: 3

• Answer pages: 3

• Page size: A4

• Format: Digital PDF

• Printing: Suitable for home or classroom printing

• Delivery: Digital download only

This is a digital PDF resource. No physical item will be supplied. Internet access is required to use the optional QR-linked video, and external video availability may be subject to change.