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English worksheets, free with answers.

Printable grammar, spelling, reading and writing worksheets for Years 3 to 8, matched to the New Zealand Curriculum. Pick your child's year: each page has 5 free worksheets with an answer page.

Updated 4 November 2026. Written and checked by the Study Compass team.

Year 3 English worksheets

Free on the page: subject and verb agree, syllables, kinds of text, writing a story and kinds of verbs. The full set has worksheets for all 24 Year 3 topics.

Year 4 English worksheets

Free on the page: must, might, could, spelling long words, how texts are built, stories with a problem that matters and apostrophes. The full set has worksheets for all 24 Year 4 topics.

Year 5 English worksheets

Free on the page: said it, or reported it?, letters with two sounds, text structure, narrative with depth and complex sentences. The full set has worksheets for all 22 Year 5 topics.

Year 6 English worksheets

Free on the page: noun groups, greek and Latin roots, reading web pages, stories that borrow and adapt and pronouns that point back. The full set has worksheets for all 26 Year 6 topics.

Year 7 English worksheets

Free on the page: verb groups and tense, greek and Latin roots, time and place in texts, narrative with craft and sentence length. The full set has worksheets for all 20 Year 7 topics.

Year 8 English worksheets

Free on the page: language that judges, spelling rules, reading digital texts, persuasive writing and active and passive voice. The full set has worksheets for all 14 Year 8 topics.

How the worksheets work

Every worksheet has 10 questions. The first two are easy and the last two are hard, so a sheet shows quickly where your child is comfortable and where they start to wobble. The answers print on their own page with a short explanation for each question.

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