NOUNS
Which word is the noun?
The teacher smiled.
Which word is the verb?
The baby laughed.
laughed
Which word is the adjective?
It was a sunny day.
sunny
Which word is the adverb?
The turtle moved slowly.
slowly
Identify the noun and verb:
The dog barked.
dog = noun; barked = verb
Find two nouns:
The students opened their books.
students, books
Find the verb:
Our bus arrived late.
arrived
Find two adjectives:
The small dog has curly fur.
small, curly
Find the adverb:
The students worked quietly.
quietly
Identify the noun, verb and adjective:
The hungry cat waited.
cat = noun; waited = verb; hungry = adjective
Which word is NOT a noun?
hospital – friendship – discover – elephant
discover
Which word is NOT a verb?
whisper – investigate – enormous – disappear
enormous
Which word is NOT an adjective?
beautiful – dangerous – quietly – mysterious
quietly
What verb does the adverb describe?
The girl smiled happily.
happily describes smiled.
Identify all four:
The excited children shouted loudly.
children = noun; shouted = verb; excited = adjective; loudly = adverb
Find all the nouns:
My brother left his backpack at school.
brother, backpack, school
Find two verbs:
The students finished their work and cheered.
finished, cheered
What noun does the adjective describe?
The nervous student raised her hand.
nervous describes student
Which sentence uses an adverb correctly?
A. The careful girl spoke.
B. The girl spoke carefully.
C. The carefully girl spoke.
B.
What does each bold word do?
The angry dog barked loudly.
angry = adjective → describes the noun dog; loudly = adverb → tells us more about the verb barked
Happiness is a noun even though you cannot see or touch it. What kind of thing does it name?
an idea/feeling
Which word is the verb, and how do you know?
She knows the answer.
knows — it expresses a state, not an action. Verbs can express actions or states.
Add two different adjectives to improve this sentence:
We saw a ______, ______ animal.
huge, mysterious / small, colourful etc.
Which word is the adverb? Explain why it may be tricky.
The athlete runs fast.
fast — it tells us more about the verb runs, even though it does not end in -ly.
Sentence Challenge: Create one sentence containing at least one noun, one verb, one adjective and one adverb. Then identify each one.
The tiny rabbit ran quickly.
tiny = adjective / rabbit = noun / ran = verb / quickly = adverb