This Grade 3 contractions worksheet challenges students to find every contraction in multi-sentence paragraphs and write expanded forms. Grade 3 learners complete four multiple choice questions and five fill-in-the-blank items that distinguish possessive apostrophes from contractions, such as its versus it's and your versus you're. The Grade 3 tasks cover won't, we've, it's, who's, and you're. Every Grade 3 student builds skill in identifying contractions in real passages and telling them apart from possessives.
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Contractions
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. In this Grade 3 paragraph, how many contractions are in: 'I can't wait for summer. It's going to be fun. We'll go swimming every day.'?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
2. Which word in this Grade 3 sentence is a contraction, not a possessive: 'The dog wagged its tail. It's happy to see me.'?
A) its
B) tail
C) It's
D) happy
3. What is the expanded form of 'they're' in this Grade 3 sentence: 'They're going to visit their grandparents soon'?
A) they are
B) they were
C) they will
D) they have
4. Which word in this Grade 3 sentence is a possessive, not a contraction: 'Your shoes are wet. You're getting them dirty.'?
A) Your
B) shoes
C) You're
D) dirty
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. In this Grade 3 paragraph, the expanded form of the contraction 'won't' is will not, which looks very different from its contraction.
2. In a Grade 3 paragraph, the expanded form of 'we've' is we have, where the apostrophe replaces 'ha'.
3. In this Grade 3 sentence, the contraction 'it's' expands to it is, which is different from possessive 'its'.
4. In a Grade 3 paragraph, the contraction 'who's' expands to who is, not the possessive 'whose'.
5. In this Grade 3 sentence, the contraction 'you're' expands to you are, not the possessive 'your'.
Contractions
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. In this Grade 3 paragraph, how many contractions are in: 'I can't wait for summer. It's going to be fun. We'll go swimming every day.'?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
2. Which word in this Grade 3 sentence is a contraction, not a possessive: 'The dog wagged its tail. It's happy to see me.'?
A) its
B) tail
C) It's
D) happy
3. What is the expanded form of 'they're' in this Grade 3 sentence: 'They're going to visit their grandparents soon'?
A) they are
B) they were
C) they will
D) they have
4. Which word in this Grade 3 sentence is a possessive, not a contraction: 'Your shoes are wet. You're getting them dirty.'?
A) Your
B) shoes
C) You're
D) dirty
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) In this Grade 3 paragraph, the expanded form of the contraction 'won't' is will not, which looks very different from its contraction.
2) In a Grade 3 paragraph, the expanded form of 'we've' is we have, where the apostrophe replaces 'ha'.
3) In this Grade 3 sentence, the contraction 'it's' expands to it is, which is different from possessive 'its'.
4) In a Grade 3 paragraph, the contraction 'who's' expands to who is, not the possessive 'whose'.
5) In this Grade 3 sentence, the contraction 'you're' expands to you are, not the possessive 'your'.
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