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Word Classes: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs — Answers

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Word Classes: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs — Answers

Part A: Name the word class

A noun names a person, place, animal or thing. A verb is a doing or being word. An adjective describes a noun. An adverb tells how, when or where something happens. Circle the class of the bold word.

1.The puppy chewed my shoe.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: noun

Puppy names an animal, so it is a noun.

2.The goat chewed the grass.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: verb

Chewed is the action, so it is a verb.

3.We climbed the steep hill.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: adjective

Steep describes the hill (a noun), so it is an adjective.

4.The owl hooted softly.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: adverb

Softly tells how the owl hooted, so it is an adverb.

5.My aunt bought a shiny bike.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: adjective

Shiny describes the bike.

6.We will leave soon.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: adverb

Soon tells when we will leave, so it is an adverb.

7.The children laughed at the clown.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: verb

Laughed is what the children did.

8.A kitten slept on the rug.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: noun

Kitten names an animal.

Part B: Same word, different job

Some words belong to more than one word class. Look at the job the word is doing in this sentence.

9.We watched a play in the school hall.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: noun

Here play is a thing we watched, so it is a noun.

10.The children play outside after lunch.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: verb

Here play is what the children do, so it is a verb.

11.Please light the candles on the cake.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: verb

Here light is an action.

12.This bag is very light.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: adjective

Here light describes the bag.

13.The cheetah ran fast.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: adverb

Here fast tells how the cheetah ran.

14.A cheetah is a fast animal.
  1. Anoun
  2. Bverb
  3. Cadjective
  4. Dadverb

Answer: adjective

Here fast describes the animal.

Part C: Find them all

Read each sentence and write the words asked for.

15.The hungry fox crept quietly into the yard. Write the two nouns.

Answer: fox, yard

16.The hungry fox crept quietly into the yard. Write the verb.

Answer: crept

17.The hungry fox crept quietly into the yard. Write the adjective.

Answer: hungry

18.The hungry fox crept quietly into the yard. Write the adverb.

Answer: quietly

19.Two brave firefighters carefully carried the frightened cat down the ladder. Write the three nouns.

Answer: firefighters, cat, ladder

20.Two brave firefighters carefully carried the frightened cat down the ladder. Write the verb.

Answer: carried

21.Two brave firefighters carefully carried the frightened cat down the ladder. Write the adjective that describes the cat.

Answer: frightened

22.Two brave firefighters carefully carried the frightened cat down the ladder. Write the adverb.

Answer: carefully

Part D: Fill the gap

Write a word of the class shown at the end of each sentence.

23.The (answer space) dog barked at the mail truck. (adjective)

Answer: Any adjective, e.g. noisy, small, excited

The word must describe the dog.

24.The (answer space) splashed in the puddle. (noun)

Answer: Any noun, e.g. duck, boy, puppy

The word must name a person, animal or thing.

25.The baby (answer space) on the soft blanket. (verb)

Answer: Any verb, e.g. slept, giggled, wriggled

The word must be an action.

26.Grandpa read the letter (answer space). (adverb)

Answer: Any adverb, e.g. slowly, aloud, twice

The word must tell how, when or where Grandpa read.

Part E: Your turn

27.Your turn: write two sentences about an animal. Each sentence must have at least one noun, one verb, one adjective and one adverb. Label each word: N, V, Adj, Adv.

Model answer: The excited (Adj) puppy (N) barked (V) loudly (Adv). A sleepy (Adj) turtle (N) crawled (V) slowly (Adv) across the warm (Adj) sand (N).

Success criteria:

  • Two complete sentences
  • At least one noun, verb, adjective and adverb in each
  • Every label is correct
  • Capital letters and end punctuation
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