Year 3 NAPLAN Language

Year 3 NAPLAN Language Conventions Prep

Practise spelling, grammar and punctuation skills tested in the Year 3 NAPLAN Language Conventions assessment.

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 — their/there/they're, to/too/two, 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.

⚠ their / there / they're — their = belongs to them, there = a place, they're = they are

⚠ to / too / two — to = direction, too = also/very, two = the number 2

⚠ 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: "He was" (singular) vs "They were" (plural).
●Past tense: Look for time words (yesterday, last week) to know if you need past tense.
●Homophones: Learn the difference between their/there/they're and to/too/two.