Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives

Read each question carefully, then write your answer in the space provided.

Quick Reminder:

• A noun names a person, place, or thing. (dog, city, teacher)


• A verb shows an action or state of being. (run, is, laughed)


• An adjective describes a noun. (fluffy, tall, three)

1. Fill in the blank

A __________________ is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

2. Circle the correct answer

Which word is a verb?

    A) purple      B) mountain      C) jumped      D) sandwich

3. Sort the words

Write each word in the correct column below.

Words: angry, bicycle, whispered, enormous, librarian, crawled, tiny, ocean

4. Fill in the blank

Read the sentence. Write the part of speech for the underlined word.

> "The shaggy dog barked at the mail carrier."

The word shaggy is a __________________ because _________________________.

5. Multiple choice

Which sentence contains two adjectives?

    A) The cat ran quickly down the stairs.
    B) She carried a heavy, old backpack to school.
    C) Marcus cooked dinner and washed the dishes.
    D) The bird flew over the bright river.

6. Fix the label

A student labelled the word "swims" as a noun. Are they correct?

Write: Yes or No, then explain your answer.

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7. Short word problem

Mia wrote a story. She used 12 describing words, 8 action words, and 15 naming words. Her teacher asked her to find the total number of adjectives and nouns combined.

How many adjectives and nouns did Mia use in total? Show your working.

    Working: _______________________________________________

    Answer: _________________ adjectives and nouns

8. ⭐ Challenge question

Write one sentence that contains all three: a noun, a verb, and an adjective. Then label each one underneath.

My sentence:

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Answer Key

1.
A noun names a person, place, or thing.

2.
C) jumped
(jumped shows an action, making it a verb)

3.

4.
Shaggy is an adjective because it describes the noun dog (it tells us what kind of dog).

5.
B) She carried a heavy, old backpack to school.
(heavy and old both describe the noun backpack)

6.
No. The student is incorrect. Swims is a verb because it shows an action — it tells us what someone or something is doing.

7.
Adjectives = 12 (describing words)
Nouns = 15 (naming words)
12 + 15 = 27

Mia used 27 adjectives and nouns in total.

8.
Sample answer:

> "The fluffy kitten slept on the warm blanket."

Accept any grammatically correct sentence with at least one of each part of speech correctly labelled.