Person, Place or Thing?
Nouns name a person, a place or a thing. Write each word in the right list.
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How to do it
- Read a word from the box.
- Is it a person, a place or a thing?
- Write it in that list. Cross it off the box.
Teaching tip
Ask "Can you visit it?" for places and "Can you hold it?" for things. This sheet is aligned with Common Core L.1.1.
About this worksheet
Fifteen nouns to sort into person, place and thing lists. Matches L.1.1b.
What kids practice
Nouns, verbs and adjectives are the building blocks of sentences. A noun names a person, place or thing. A verb is an action word that tells what someone does. An adjective is a describing word that tells about a noun, like its color, size or how it feels. First graders also learn to add s or es for more than one, and to add -ed for something that already happened.
Watch for
- Calling every word in a sentence a noun.
- Adding s when there is only one, or forgetting it when there are more.
- Adding -ed to words that change instead, like "runned" for ran.
- Mixing up adjectives and nouns, as in thinking "red" is a thing.
It's free to print, with an answer key. See the full nouns, verbs and adjectives guide for 1st grade.
More sheets in this set
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1. Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives ChartNouns with pictures, action verbs, describing words, adding -s for more than one, and yesterday, now and tomorrow verbs. 
3. Nouns and VerbsEight short sentences. Circle the nouns and underline the verb.
4. One or More?Picture groups to count, with the base word given. Write the word for one or more than one. Matches L.1.1c.
5. Yesterday, Now and TomorrowTen sentences with a time word. Circle the verb that matches the time. Matches L.1.1e.
6. Describing WordsCircle describing words in sentences, then write your own describing words for pictures. Matches L.1.1f.