Parts of speech

Parts of speech: I can spot nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns, and choose the right word for each job.

1. Every word in a sentence has a job. Here is a sentence about Mei.

   Mei, ball, dog and park are nouns. A noun is a naming word.

   Mei is a person, a ball is a thing, a dog is an animal and a park is a place.

   Picture: The sentence "Mei threw a ball to the dog in the park.", with "Mei" labelled noun, "ball" labelled noun, "dog" labelled noun and "park" labelled noun.

2. Here is a new sentence about Mei and the dog.

   Threw and ran are verbs. A verb tells us what someone or something does.

   Threw tells us what Mei did. Ran tells us what the dog did.

   Picture: The sentence "Mei threw the ball and the dog ran after it.", with "threw" labelled verb and "ran" labelled verb.

3. This sentence has two describing words: red and happy.

   Red and happy are adjectives. An adjective describes a noun.

   Red tells us what the ball looks like. Happy tells us how the dog feels.

   Picture: The sentence "Mei threw a red ball to the happy dog.", with "red" labelled adjective, "ball" labelled noun, "happy" labelled adjective and "dog" labelled noun.

4. Your turn: Tap the verb. It tells us what the frog does.

   Picture: The sentence "The green frog jumps."

   Tap the right word.

   Answer

   The answer: jumps

   Jumps is the verb. Frog is a noun and green is an adjective.

   Picture: The sentence "The green frog jumps.", with "green" labelled adjective, "frog" labelled noun and "jumps" labelled verb.