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Class 3 Hindi worksheets, free, with every answer on the page

Three free Class 3 Hindi worksheets, with every question and every answer printed on this page rather than behind a download. Class 3 is the year Devanagari stops being one letter with one matra: sanyukt akshar arrive, ling and vachan have to be named rather than just used, and comprehension answers are expected in full sentences. Each exercise opens with one question already worked through, so a parent can help without teaching a different method from school.

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What these practise

  • Sanyukt akshar - breaking a joined letter apart and building it back
  • Reading words containing joined letters without stopping
  • Ling - changing masculine to feminine and back, across the three common patterns
  • Vachan - singular to plural, sorted by the ending of the word
  • Verb agreement, which changes with the noun and is the part most often missed
  • Reading a short passage and answering in full sentences in Devanagari

Last updated 2026-07-28

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संयुक्त अक्षर - joined letters

Class 3 Hindi · Sanyukt akshar · 46 questions with answers

Download PDF - संयुक्त अक्षर - joined letters, with the answer key on the last page

A sanyukt akshar is two consonants joined, with the first one losing its vowel. This is the first time in Hindi that a written shape is not simply one letter plus a matra, and it is where fluent Class 2 readers suddenly slow down.

  • Breaks a joined letter back into the two consonants it is made of
  • Builds a joined letter from two given consonants
  • Reads a word containing a sanyukt akshar without stopping

Exercise 1 of 4 · 12 questions

संयुक्त अक्षर को तोड़िए - break the joined letter into two.

Write the answer · Warm-up

Here’s one done for you

क्ष → क् + ष. The small slanting mark under the first letter is the हलंत, and it means that letter has lost its अ sound. So क् is 'k' with no vowel, joined to ष. Show your child the हलंत once and most of these become readable.

  1. 1)क्ष
  2. 2)त्र
  3. 3)ज्ञ
  4. 4)श्र
  5. 5)द्व
  6. 6)क्त
  7. 7)प्र
  8. 8)स्त
  9. 9)न्न
  10. 10)द्ध
  11. 11)ष्ट
  12. 12)ग्र

Answers

  1. 1) क् + ष
  2. 2) त् + र
  3. 3) ज् + ञ
  4. 4) श् + र
  5. 5) द् + व
  6. 6) क् + त
  7. 7) प् + र
  8. 8) स् + त
  9. 9) न् + न
  10. 10) द् + ध
  11. 11) ष् + ट
  12. 12) ग् + र

Exercise 2 of 4 · 12 questions

दो अक्षरों को जोड़िए - join the two letters.

Write the answer · Guided

Here’s one done for you

प् + र → प्र. When र joins after a half letter it becomes a small slanting stroke at the foot, not a full र. This one shape appears in a very large number of Hindi words, so it is worth practising until it is automatic.

  1. 1)प् + र
  2. 2)स् + व
  3. 3)न् + न
  4. 4)म् + म
  5. 5)त् + व
  6. 6)ग् + र
  7. 7)क् + र
  8. 8)ट् + ट
  9. 9)द् + द
  10. 10)श् + व
  11. 11)स् + थ
  12. 12)च् + छ

Answers

  1. 1) प्र
  2. 2) स्व
  3. 3) न्न
  4. 4) म्म
  5. 5) त्व
  6. 6) ग्र
  7. 7) क्र
  8. 8) ट्ट
  9. 9) द्द
  10. 10) श्व
  11. 11) स्थ
  12. 12) च्छ

Exercise 3 of 4 · 12 questions

शब्द पढ़िए और संयुक्त अक्षर पर गोला लगाइए - read and circle the joined letter.

Circle the answer · Practice

Here’s one done for you

शिक्षक → the joined letter is क्ष. Read the word slowly: शि - क्ष - क. A child who has learned to break क्ष into क् + ष can now read it rather than guessing from the shape, which is what most children do until this is taught.

  1. 1)शिक्षक
  2. 2)पत्र
  3. 3)विद्या
  4. 4)प्रश्न
  5. 5)स्कूल
  6. 6)मित्र
  7. 7)सप्ताह
  8. 8)अच्छा
  9. 9)पुस्तक
  10. 10)उत्तर
  11. 11)बच्चा
  12. 12)स्वच्छ

Answers

  1. 1) क्ष
  2. 2) त्र
  3. 3) द्य
  4. 4) श्न (and प्र)
  5. 5) स्क
  6. 6) त्र
  7. 7) प्त
  8. 8) च्छ
  9. 9) स्त
  10. 10) त्त
  11. 11) च्च
  12. 12) स्व (and च्छ)

Exercise 4 of 4 · 10 questions

सही संयुक्त अक्षर भरिए - fill in the missing joined letter.

Write the answer · Challenge

Here’s one done for you

पु___क -> स्त, giving पुस्तक. Read what is already there aloud: पु ... क. The sound missing in the middle is 'st', which is written स्त. Saying the word aloud first works better than guessing the shape, which is what children do when they have not been taught to break these letters.

  1. 1)पु___क (book)
  2. 2)शि___क (teacher)
  3. 3)उ___र (answer)
  4. 4)मि___ (friend)
  5. 5)___श्न (question)
  6. 6)अ___ (grain)
  7. 7)स___ (truth)
  8. 8)यु___ (war)
  9. 9)वृ___ (tree)
  10. 10)स्व___ (healthy)

Answers

  1. 1) स्त - पुस्तक
  2. 2) क्ष - शिक्षक
  3. 3) त्त - उत्तर
  4. 4) त्र - मित्र
  5. 5) प्र - प्रश्न
  6. 6) न्न - अन्न
  7. 7) त्य - सत्य
  8. 8) द्ध - युद्ध
  9. 9) क्ष - वृक्ष
  10. 10) स्थ - स्वस्थ

While your child works

  • Teach the हलंत once, explicitly. Everything in this sheet follows from knowing that the mark means 'no vowel here'.
  • प्रश्न has two joined letters, so a child circling either is right. The answer key notes this.
  • If your child reads Hindi aloud fluently but stops at these words, this sheet is exactly the gap - it is not a reading problem.

Open the Sanyukt akshar worksheet on its own page

Class 3 Hindi - the guide

What changes in Class 3 Hindi?

Class 1 and Class 2 Hindi are largely about the script: letters, then matras, then words. A child who learned those is reading. Class 3 changes the job in three ways.

Sanyukt akshar break the one-letter-one-sound rule. क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, प्र are not a letter plus a matra - they are two consonants joined, with the first losing its vowel. A child who has not been shown the हलंत reads these by guessing the shape, which works until the words get less familiar. This is the single most common reason a fluent Class 2 reader slows down in Class 3.

Grammar has to be named, not just used. A child who speaks Hindi at home already uses ling and vachan correctly in every sentence. Class 3 asks them to change a word on demand and label what they did, which is a genuinely different skill - and it is why fluent speakers still lose marks in this chapter. Our post on a child who struggles with Hindi despite speaking it at home goes into that gap.

Answers become sentences. One-word comprehension answers stop getting full marks.

How should we use these at home?

Twenty minutes each, once or twice a week. Every exercise opens with a worked example showing one question done with the reasoning visible.

  • Teach the हलंत explicitly, once. Everything in the first sheet follows from knowing that the small slanting mark means the letter has lost its अ sound. Most children are never told this directly.
  • Let your child say the answer aloud before writing it. For ling and vachan especially, their ear is far more reliable than their memory of the rule.
  • Insist the comprehension answer repeats part of the question. That one habit converts most one-word answers into full-mark answers.
  • Let them mark their own work. The answers are on the page for exactly that.

Where do Class 3 children usually stall?

Three places, each with a different fix.

  • Guessing at joined letters. Reading क्ष by shape rather than by breaking it apart. Fixed by the हलंत, not by more reading.
  • Changing the noun and forgetting the verb. लड़का खेल रहा है → लड़के खेल रहे हैं needs two changes. Reading aloud catches it, because the wrong version sounds wrong to anyone who speaks Hindi.
  • One-word comprehension answers. The understanding is there; the marks are lost to the writing.

If matras are still shaky, go back to the Class 2 Hindi worksheets before starting these. What comes next is on our Class 4 Hindi page, where grammar becomes a connected system.

Questions parents ask

Class 3 Hindi worksheets - your questions

Are these Class 3 Hindi worksheets free?

Yes. Every question and every answer is on this page, with no sign-up, no email wall and no account. The printable version puts the answers on a separate final sheet.

Do these include an answer key?

Yes, under each exercise on this page and on a separate sheet when printed. Where a question has more than one correct answer, the key says so.

What is a sanyukt akshar?

Two consonants joined, where the first loses its inherent अ sound - shown by the हलंत mark. क् + ष becomes क्ष. It is the first Devanagari shape that is not simply one letter plus a matra, and it is where most Class 3 reading difficulty sits.

My child speaks Hindi at home but scores badly in it. Why?

Speaking and naming the rule are different skills. A fluent speaker applies ling and vachan automatically in conversation and then cannot change a word on demand or label what they did. Asking them to say the answer aloud before writing usually bridges it.

Are these matched to NCERT?

They are written to the skills Class 3 expects rather than to one publisher's chapters, so they work whether your school uses NCERT's Veena or its own reader.

How long should a Class 3 child spend on one sheet?

About twenty minutes. If it is taking much longer, the sheet is too hard rather than your child being slow - go back to the Class 2 sheets for a week and return.

My child writes one-word answers in comprehension.

Common, and it costs marks from Class 3 onwards. Teach them to repeat part of the question inside the answer - the question becomes the first half of the sentence and the new information the second half.

Can I print these worksheets?

Yes. They print cleanly on A4 with the answers on a separate final page, and nothing needs to be downloaded or signed up for.

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