Language: grammar and vocabulary
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Sort a word by the job it does in a sentence.
Every word in a sentence has a job to do. Three of the most common jobs are naming something, doing something, and describing something.
Noun — a naming word
A person, a place, an animal or a thing. Teacher, river, dog, table.
Verb — a doing word
An action, something that happens. Run, sing, read, build.
Adjective — a describing word
It tells you more about a noun. Tiny, bright, cold, happy.
Worked example
Let us take the sentence: The old dog barked loudly.
"dog" is a noun.
It names an animal.
A good test: if you can put "a" or "the" in front of it, it is probably a noun. If you can put "I can" in front of it, it is probably a verb.
Try it together
Let us find all three jobs in one short sentence.
The sentence is: The small bird sang.
1.Which word names the animal? Write one word.
Have a go
Which word is the verb in "The happy dog barked"?
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Eight questions on what you have just read. Nothing is timed, and you can play as many times as you like.