Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives Chart
Words have jobs. Some name things, some show action, and some describe.
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How to do it
- Find the nouns: a person, place or thing.
- Find the verbs: things you can do.
- Find the adjectives: words that describe.
Teaching tip
Play a quick game: name a noun, act out a verb, then describe the noun with an adjective. This sheet is aligned with Common Core L.1.1.
About this chart
Nouns with pictures, action verbs, describing words, adding -s for more than one, and yesterday, now and tomorrow verbs.
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.
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More sheets in this set
2. Person, Place or Thing?Fifteen nouns to sort into person, place and thing lists. Matches L.1.1b.
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.