Literacy - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs

What is a noun?

• A word that describes a noun

• An action or doing word

• A person, place or thing

• A word that describes a verb

Which word is a noun?

• tree

• running

• quickly

• eat

Which word is a noun?

• walking

• brown

• slowly

• London

Find the noun in this sentence:

The handsome dog was running very quickly.

• handsome

• dog

• running

• quickly

Which word is a noun?

• blue

• rabbit

• sad

• reading

Which word is NOT a noun?

• purple

• cup

• book

• cat

What word in this sentence is a noun?

The happy man sat quietly.

• happy

• man

• sat

• quietly

Tick TWO words that are nouns:

• house

• green

• happy

• elephant

Which word is a noun?

• hungry

• caterpillar

• eats

• slowly

Which TWO words in this sentence are nouns?

The fluffy penguin slid over the ice.

• fluffy

• penguin

• slid

• ice