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Grammar – Parts of Speech
Learn
1. Underline the verbs in the following sentences.
The grey clouds gathered.
The racing car crashed.
An enormous balloon exploded.
My favourite cup broke.
Some noisy children were shouting.
The tiny kitten was purring.
2. Underline the nouns and draw a ring round adjectives in the following
sentences.
The grey clouds gathered.
The racing car crashed.
An enormous balloon exploded.
My favourite cup broke.
Some noisy children were shouting.
The tiny kitten was purring.
3. Choose the best verb from the brackets and write the complete sentence.
The ship (walked, sailed, swam) on the sea.
_________________________________________________________
The children (drank, chewed, read) their books.
_________________________________________________________
A bus (arrived, sang, wrote) at the bus stop.
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washed
played
barked
scampered
watched
purred
swooped
brushed
4. Write the verbs from the box in the sentences.
The dog ______________
but the cat ____________ .
She ______________ her face and ______________ her hair.
We ______________ television and ______________ a card game.
The owl ______________ down, but the mouse ______________ away.
5. What can you do? Write these verbs in separate words:
seeheartouchtastesmell
__________
__________
__________
__________
________
6. What can worms do? Write these verbs in separate words:
wrigglesquirmstretchwiggletwist
__________
sweet
bright
__________
brave
short
deep
angry
__________
juicy
fluffy
__________
________
dark
sharp
7. Write adjectives from the box which best describe the nouns.
I cut my finger on the ___________ knife.
The ___________ dog barked furiously.
Rabbits have
___________, ___________ tails.
A ___________ star shone in the ___________ sky.
I ate a ___________, ___________ apple.
The ___________ man dived into the __________ water.
8. Write an adjective of your own choice to describe each noun.
a ______________ flower
a ______________ sky
a ______________
orange
a ______________ tower
a ______________
sea
a ______________ fire
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9. Write a noun of your own choice for each adjective.
a fat ______________
an enormous ______________
a tiny ______________
a beautiful ______________
an ugly ______________
a miserable ______________
10. Write a colour adjective in each space.
a field of ______________ grass
the ______________ sun
a ______________ holly berry
the ______________ sky
______________ coins
a ______________ light
11. What part of speech is each underlined word, tick the appropriate column.
The waves were very rough.
Noun

Verb
Adjective
The pop star waves to the fans.
I got into the lift.
I lift the heavy box.
I ate a sweet apple.
My friend gave me a sweet.
The stone statue fell over.
I threw a stone.
The cook made a cake.
I will cook the dinner today.
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12. Make up some sentences to include each noun, verb and adjective.
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Sentence
man
coughed
old
The old man coughed.
princess smiled
beautiful
_____________________________
dragon
roared
fierce
_____________________________
boat
sank
wooden
_____________________________
leaves
fell
autumn
_____________________________
frog
hopped
fat
_____________________________
Learn
There are two kinds of number adjectives:
number words
order of place
one
first
two
second
ten
tenth
13. Join the number word to the order number that matches it.
one
fourth
nine
twelfth
four
sixth
eleven
ninth
six
first
twelve
eleventh
14. Write a colour or number adjective in each space.
The Union Jack is _________, _________ and _________.
The _________ letter of the alphabet is C.
January is the _________ month of the year.
I have _________ toes on each foot.
The Christmas tree had _________ and _________ decorations.
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