THIRD GRADE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

SET 1

VERB

A word that expresses action.

Example: Run, jump, write, walk, etc.

The boy walked home from school with his friend Sally.

A VERB CAN ALSO SHOW A STATE OF BEING.

Examples: is, are, was, were, am, be, and being.

The girls are at school today.I am in the third grade.

A person, animal, or imaginary creature that carries out the action of the plot.

Example: In the story “Cinderella”, some of the characters would be the evil step-mother, Cinderella, and the two step-sisters.

CHARACTER

ANTONYMS

Words with opposite meanings. Example: Run:walk, hot:cold,

right:wrong, old:young, girl:boy

MULTIPLE MEANING WORDSWords that have several meanings depending upon

how they are used in a sentence.

Examples: shot, track, post, pet, etc.

The player made the shot and got two points for her team.

Cody’s mom was taking him to the doctor to get a shot school.

FACT

A statement that can be proven true.

Examples: The butterfly is blue. The dog is brown. The girl has brown hair.

OPINION

A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.

Examples:

Bunnies are beautiful.

Jumping rope is a fun way to exercise.

EXCLAMATORY

Is a sentence that shows surprise or emotion; usually ending with an exclamation mark.

Examples: Someone stole my cookie!

CAUSE

The reason something happens.

Example: The effect of the man forgetting to tie

his shoes is that he fell.

ABBREVIATION

A shortened form of a word or phrase.

Examples: Tennessee- TN New York- NY

CONTRACTION

A contraction is a shortened form of two words in which one or more letters have been deleted and replaced by an apostrophe.

do not don’twhat is what’s

SETTING

Setting is the place where and time when the story occurs.

SINGULAR

Singular means being only one; individual.

Antonym for “plural.” Example: The boy ran home. There’s only one boy.

RUN-ON SENTENCE

Two-complete sentences, totally together, made up of two or more sentences that are incorrectly run together as a single sentence.

Example: I like cats I like dogs. That should be: I like cats and dogs.

POSSESSIVE

Form of nouns and pronouns that shows ownership.

Use an apostrophe before the ‘S’ with singular nouns, and an apostrophe after the ‘S’ with plural nouns.

Example: Billy’s hat Ladies’ restroom

STANZA

Lines grouped together to form a division of a poem, separated from

other lines by space.

Example: I have a dog. His name is Fred. He won't play fetch. He won't play dead.

He won't shake hands or sit or stay or bark or beg or run and play. He won't roll over, shake or crawl.

This is one stanza.