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Year 1 English — Naming words

Find the word that names a person, an animal, a place or a thing.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Match each group to a naming word.

    • A person
    • An animal
    • A place
    • A thing
    • spoon
    • market
    • farmer
    • rabbit

  2. 2.Write the naming word in this sentence: "The cat ran."

  3. 3.Which word names a person?

    • a) jump
    • b) under
    • c) green
    • d) baker

  4. 4.In "The girl has a doll", which word is a naming word?

    • a) The
    • b) doll
    • c) has
    • d) a

  5. 5.Sort each word.

    Groups: Naming word · Not a naming word

    • eat
    • chair
    • river
    • happy

  6. 6.Sort each naming word.

    Groups: Person · Animal · Thing

    • ball
    • chair
    • cow
    • doctor
    • duck
    • teacher

  7. 7.Which word names an animal?

    • a) sing
    • b) book
    • c) goat
    • d) small

  8. 8.Which word names a place?

    • a) clap
    • b) quickly
    • c) happy
    • d) park

Answer key — Year 1 English — Naming words

  1. 1. A person → farmer; An animal → rabbit; A place → market; A thing → spoon
  2. 2. cat
  3. 3. d) baker
  4. 4. b) doll
  5. 5. river → Naming word; chair → Naming word; eat → Not a naming word; happy → Not a naming word
  6. 6. teacher → Person; doctor → Person; cow → Animal; duck → Animal; chair → Thing; ball → Thing
  7. 7. c) goat
  8. 8. d) park