Rich vocabulary associated with the word wet | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

What is the definition of an adjective?

• a naming word for people, places or things

• a word that describes a noun

• a doing or being word

Answer explanation

Adjectives are words that describe a noun. For example, the words 'beautiful', 'shy', 'clumsy' and 'clever' are all adjectives.

What is the correct definition of a noun?

• a naming word for people, places or things

• a word that describes a noun

• a doing or being word

Answer explanation

A noun is a naming word for people, places or things. For example, the words 'pool', 'shark' and 'Atlantic Ocean' are all nouns.

What is the definition of a verb?

• a naming word for people, places or things

• a word that describes a noun

• a doing, being or having word

Answer explanation

A verb is a doing, being or having word, like 'swim', 'was' or 'has'.

Match the examples to the correct word class.

• noun

• dive

• adjective

• sparkly

• adverb

• bath

• verb

• quietly

Answer explanation

The word 'bath' is a noun because it is a thing. The word 'sparkly' is an adjective because it describes a noun. The word 'dive' is a verb because it is something you can do and 'quietly' is an adverb because it describes an adjective or a verb.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word. Select the synonyms for 'quiet'.

• peaceful

• booming

• silent

• mild

• balmy

Answer explanation

'Peaceful' and 'silent' are synonyms for 'quiet'.

Word pairs are words that often appear together. Match the word pairs together that make the most sense.

• meagre

• pudding

• stale

• portion

• scrumptious

• charm

• irresistible

• bread

Answer explanation

'Scrumptious pudding', 'meagre portion', 'irresistible charm' and 'stale bread' are all word pairs.