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Grade 1 English Language Arts — First describing words

Find the word that tells you more about a person, an animal or a thing.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Tap the tall tree.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  2. 2.Sort each word.

    Groups: Describing word · Naming word

    • happy
    • soft
    • tall
    • cat
    • tree
    • box

  3. 3.Write the describing word in this sentence: "I have a new bag."

  4. 4.Which word tells us the size of a thing?

    • a) chair
    • b) slowly
    • c) sing
    • d) huge

  5. 5.Which word is a describing word?

    • a) under
    • b) door
    • c) run
    • d) happy

  6. 6.Tap the big ball.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  7. 7.Write the describing word in this sentence: "The old man smiled."

  8. 8.What does each word tell us?

    Groups: Size · Color

    • tiny
    • blue
    • big
    • red

Answer key — Grade 1 English Language Arts — First describing words

  1. 1. 1 — Tall tree
  2. 2. soft → Describing word; happy → Describing word; tall → Describing word; box → Naming word; cat → Naming word; tree → Naming word
  3. 3. new
  4. 4. d) huge
  5. 5. d) happy
  6. 6. 1 — Big ball
  7. 7. old
  8. 8. big → Size; tiny → Size; red → Color; blue → Color