Flow with Meaning: Transition Words Builder for Class 3

This Class 3 worksheet helps young learners understand how transition words connect ideas smoothly in writing. Transition words such as before, after, then, so, but, and because guide readers through events, reasons, sequences, and comparisons. This worksheet uses clear, age-friendly exercises to strengthen writing flow, sentence connection, and reading comprehension.

What’s inside this worksheet? It has- word-underlining practice that builds awareness of nouns and verbs before adding transitions. Multiple-choice questions where students choose the correct transition word to complete logical and meaningful sentences. Rewriting tasks that encourage children to combine ideas using suitable transitions for time, cause, sequence, and reason. A passage-based fill-in-the-blanks activity that allows students to apply transition words in a real narrative. A paragraph-writing task requiring transition words, helping children organise thoughts and express ideas clearly.

ANSWER KEY

EXERCISE 1 – Underline the Noun & Circle the Verb 
(Shown as Noun / Verb)
1. Riya / starts 
2. bus / reaches 
3. Neha / cleans 
4. monkey / grabs 
5. cat / drinks 
6. Ravi / collects 
7. Asha / sweeps 
8. teacher / checks 
9. Meera / opens 
10. Raj / climbs

EXERCISE 2 – MCQs (Correct Options)
1. a 
2. b 
3. a 
4. a 
5. a 
6. a 
7. a 
8. b 
9. a 
10. a

EXERCISE 3 – Rewrite Using Appropriate Transition Words 
(Sample correct answers; variations allowed if transitions fit meaning.)
1. We ate lunch before we played. 
2. Ravi read a book because he was sleepy / then he slept. 
3. Meera drew a picture then she painted it. 
4. Riya was late because it rained. 
5. It was hot so we rested. 
6. Asha lost her pen so she borrowed one. 
7. They tried hard then they won. 
8. The teacher explained and we understood. 
9. The bell rang and the class lined up. 
10. Raj looked tired so he sat down.

EXERCISE 4 – Passage Fill-in-the-Blanks 
(Sample answers; others valid if transitions make sense.)
1. First 
2. Then 
3. So 
4. Next 
5. because 
6. After that 
7. Later 
8. then 
9. because 
10. Finally 
11. because

EXERCISE 5 – Paragraph Writing 
(Answers will vary; must include transition words.)

By practising with real-life examples and structured exercises, students learn how transition words make writing smoother, clearer, and easier to understand—an essential skill for academic success.

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