Nouns
Define noun/Give five examples of nouns
Names for people, places, animals, objects, ideas
E.g. student, school, chimpanzee, bottle, beauty
Define adjective/Give five examples of adjective
Words to describe noun and pronoun in terms of opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose.
E.g. beautiful, tall, three, square, red, cotton, useful
Define verb/Give five examples of verb
Words that show a state of being or action
E.g. kick, run, cook, shout, scream
Define adverb/Give five examples of adverb
Adjectives for verbs, adjective and adverbs. Commonly formed by adding suffix -ly to adjectives
E.g. slowly, curiously, recently, yesterday, very
Define prepositions/Give five examples of prepositions
Words to show position of nouns and pronouns relative to space and time
E.g. above, in, on, at, outside
Identify noun and phrase: Ellie, the circus elephant can drink an entire tank of water.
Ellie, the circus elephant can drink an entire tank of water.
Ellie: proper
elephant, water: common
tank: collective
noun phrase: the circus elephant, an entire tank of water
Identify: Three fluffy white rabbit hopped across the green fields.
three, fluffy, white, green
Fill in with modal verb: You __________ jump into the pool immediately after you have eaten.
must not
Identify: She always arrive to school on time.
always
Identify: The book is on the table, beside the vase of flowers.
on, beside
Find the odd one out: courage, absence, murder, beauty, silence
All nouns are abstract nouns except murder (concrete noun).
Give the comparative forms for: happy, good, bad
happier, better, worse
Infinitive: My sister is learning to swim with a coach who used to be a professional Olympic diver.
to swim
Identify phrase: He ran with great speed and became the champion in the race.
with great speed
Identify phrase: We walked through the forbidden forest in the middle of the night.
through the forbidden forest, in the middle of the night
Proper noun: Petunia visited Paris in December during the Christmas holidays.
Petunia, Paris, December, Christmas
Give the superlative forms: beautiful, bad, pretty
most beautiful, worst, prettiest
Identify the verb form:
a) A meal was prepared deliciously for us.
b) We had finished our work before it was even 8 p.m.
c) They were going to meet us later.
a) passive verb form
b) past perfect tense
c) past continuous
Identify (adverb, phrase): John quickly chased after the bus that was leaving the station.
quickly, after the bus
Explain the difference:
a) I am outside now.
b) I am outside your house now.
a) Contains preposition: outside
b) Contains prepositional phrase: outside your house
Pluralise: The child found a leaf and a mouse in the garden.
The children found leaves and mice in the gardens.
Find the adjectives: This book is the most interesting I've read so far, but I heard there's a newer book in the detective series coming out next week.
most interesting, newer, detective
Change to add infinitive, modal, continuous, and perfect verb form.
She writes a letter.
Infinitive: She uses a pen to write a letter.
Modal: She must write a letter.
Continuous: She is writing a letter.
Perfect: She has written a letter.
Replace the adverb with an adverbial phrase:
She left school immediately.
She left school without delay.
Replace the preposition with a prepositional phrase: The horse jumped over in the racing track.
The horse jumped over the fence in the racing track.