Phonics - Grade 3 English Worksheet 4 - Free Printable

Download this free printable Phonics worksheet for Grade 3 English. Perfect for practice, homework, and classroom use.

Grade 3 English practice

This printable Phonics worksheet is part of the free WizKidsHub Grade 3 English collection. Print it at home or in the classroom for extra practice.

What this worksheet teaches

• Read vowel teams such as oa, ee, ai, igh confidently in two-syllable words.
• Spell words where the suffix changes the base word (hoping, hopped, happiest).
• Read and spell words with r-controlled vowels - ar, or, er, ir, ur - and hear that er, ir and ur often sound the same.
• Split longer words into syllables to decode them instead of guessing from the first letter.

How to use this worksheet

For any long word your child stalls on, cover all but the first syllable, read it, then reveal the next. Chunking prevents the wild guess from the first letter that stalls reading at this grade.

Sample questions from this worksheet

1. MCQ: Choose the digraph:
2. MCQ: The word 'cake' has a ______ 'a' sound.

Frequently asked questions

How do I know whether to write er, ir or ur?

Sound alone will not tell you - they are near-identical. This is a look-and-remember spelling pattern, which is why the sheet mixes them deliberately rather than teaching one at a time.

My child reads fluently but spells badly. Is phonics still useful?

Yes, and this is common. Reading allows partial decoding; spelling demands the full pattern. Phonics practice at Grade 3 is mostly spelling insurance.

Why does the c sometimes sound like s?

Because c is soft before e, i and y - city, cent, cycle. Learning the three trigger letters covers almost every case your child will meet.