Nouns, verbs and adjectives
I can find nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
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Year 2 · English
Nouns, verbs and adjectives: I can find nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns are naming words.
Baby names a person. School names a place.
Dog names an animal. Ball names a thing.
Picture: Sorting into 4 groups: Person, Place, Animal, Thing. Person: baby. Place: school. Animal: dog. Thing: ball.
Your turn: The frog can jump. Tap the noun. It names an animal.
Picture: The sentence "The frog can jump."
Tap the right word.
Answer
The answer: frog
Frog is the noun. It names an animal.
Picture: The sentence "The frog can jump.", with "frog" labelled noun.
Here is a sentence: Sam kicks the ball.
Kicks is a verb. It is what Sam does.
Verbs are doing words.
Picture: The sentence "Sam kicks the ball.", with "kicks" labelled verb.
Words to know
- noun:
- A naming word for a person, a place, an animal or a thing.
- verb:
- A doing word, like kicks. Is, was and has are verbs too.
- adjective:
- A describing word, like big, helpful or fearless.
- adverb:
- A word that tells how, like quickly or sadly.
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