Year 3 English — Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Sort a word by the job it does in a sentence.
Name: ________________________
1.Sort each word by the job it does.
Groups: Noun · Verb
- city
- eat
- build
- apple
2.Sort each word by the job it does.
Groups: Noun · Verb · Adjective
- table
- bright
- jump
- happy
- dog
- run
3.Which word is a verb?
- a) chair
- b) green
- c) write
- d) soft
4.Which word is a verb?
- a) window
- b) yellow
- c) happiness
- d) laugh
5.In 'The tall boy ran home', which word is an adjective?
- a) boy
- b) home
- c) tall
- d) ran
6.Which word is an adjective?
- a) garden
- b) throw
- c) cloud
- d) gentle
7.Sort each word by the job it does.
Groups: Noun · Verb · Adjective
- sing
- teacher
- cold
- read
- tiny
- river
8.Which word is a noun?
- a) shiny
- b) school
- c) slowly
- d) swim
Answer key — Year 3 English — Nouns, verbs and adjectives
- 1. apple → Noun; eat → Verb; city → Noun; build → Verb
- 2. dog → Noun; run → Verb; happy → Adjective; table → Noun; jump → Verb; bright → Adjective
- 3. c) write
- 4. d) laugh
- 5. c) tall
- 6. d) gentle
- 7. river → Noun; sing → Verb; cold → Adjective; teacher → Noun; read → Verb; tiny → Adjective
- 8. b) school