Year 3 NAPLAN Language

Year 3 NAPLAN Language Conventions Prep — Set 2

This is a second practice set with 10 brand-new questions on spelling, grammar and punctuation — great for extra revision after Set 1.

Exam Tips for Year 3 Language Conventions

1. Read the whole sentence — always read the full sentence before choosing your answer.

2. Say it in your head — read the sentence silently to yourself. Does it sound right?

3. Trust your ear — if a word or sentence sounds wrong when you say it in your head, it probably is.

4. Watch out for common traps — here/hear, your/you're, and missing capital letters.

The Language Conventions test has about 50 questions in 45 minutes. It tests three main areas:

Finding the correct spelling from options, identifying misspelled words.

Subject-verb agreement, tense, pronouns, sentence structure.

Capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks, apostrophes.

⚠ here / hear — here = in this place, hear = to listen with your ears

⚠ your / you're — your = belongs to you, you're = you are

⚠ Capital letters — always for names, places, start of sentences and "I"

⚠ Commas in lists — use commas to separate items: "apples, bananas and oranges"

●Capital letters: Sentences, names, places, days and months always start with capitals.
●Full stops and question marks: Statements end with a full stop. Questions end with a question mark.
●Commas in lists: Separate items with commas when listing three or more things.
●Subject-verb agreement: "It was" (singular) vs "They were" (plural).
●Past tense: Look for time words (yesterday, last night) to know if you need past tense.
●Homophones: Learn the difference between here/hear and your/you're.