Nouns
A common noun is the name of something. What is an example of a noun for a animal?
For example, possum, kangaroo, echidna and koala.
What is the definition of an action verb?
An action verb is a doing word.
"The giraffe is the ____ animal of all."
"The giraffe is the tallest animal of all."
Write the plural for the word "monkey".
The answer is "monkeys". When a word ends in y following a vowel, simply add "s".
Fix the following sentence with the correct punctuation:
What time is it
Answer: What time is it?
A proper noun always begining with a capital letter and name a particular person, place or thing. Is the word "Sydney Opera House" a proper noun?
"Sydney Opera House" is a proper noun for a place.
Is the following sentence past, present or future tense?
"He laughed."
The answer is past, because it has already happened.
Use the following adjectives to make an interesting sentence for the noun "car".
Adjectives: glossy, sports, red
For example, "I drive a glossy, red sports car to get to school."
Write the plural for the word "fox".
The answer is "foxes". For words ending in ch, sh, ss, or x add "es" at the end of the word.
Fix the following sentence with the correct punctuation:
today was a Rainy day
A common noun is the name of something. What is an example of a noun for a person?
For example, aunt, uncle, sister, brother, mother and father.
Rewrite the sentence to present tense by changing the word in brackets to the correct tense.
"Fred (driving) to school today."
Comparing adjectives enable us to compare two or more things.
Use the best comparing adjective in the following sentence.
"The [big / bigger / biggest] tree has the [many / more / most] apples of all the trees."
The big tree has the most apples of all the trees.
Write the plural for "wolf".
For most words ending in f or fe, change to "ves".
Fix the following sentence with the correct punctuation:
That is my toy, said Amy.
"That is my toy," said Amy.
Common nouns never start with a (?), unless they begin a sentence.
Common nouns never start with a capital letter, unless they begin a sentence.
Fill in the missing verbs for the following:
Present tense: "Today I am ___."
Past tense: "Yesterday I drew."
Future tense: "Tomorrow I will ___."
Present tense: "Today I am drawing."
Past tense: "Yesterday I drew."
Future tense: "Tomorrow I will draw."
Comparing adjectives enable us to compare two or more things.
Comparing adjectives usually end in -er when comparing two things.
They end in -est when comparing more than two things.
Fill in the gaps:
____ , braver , ____
Brave, Braver, Bravest
Write the plural for the word "tooth".
The answer is "teeth". We for some plurals by changing the base word.
Fix the following sentence with the correct punctuation:
my favourite colours are blue and yellow and red
Answer: My favourite colours are blue, yellow and red.
Collective nouns stand for a collection of things. What is a group or collection of Dingoes?
You can find a pack of Dingoes in Australia.
Fill in the gap:
A compound verb is made up of a ___ verb and an ___ verb.
A compound verb is made up of a helping verb and an action verb.
THINK: "have" (helping verb) + "changed" (action verb) = "have changed"
Is the sentence contain numbering adjectives or quantitative adjectives?
"There are ten marshmallows in my mug of hot-chocolate."
This sentence contains a numbering adjective, because the sentence tells us how many marshmallows there are exactly.
Write the graphemes and the number of sounds for the word "scratch".
Graphemes: [s] [c] [r] [a] [tch]
Number of sounds: 5
Fix the following sentence with the correct punctuation:
johns dog is named sparky.
Answer: John's dog is named Sparky.