Identifying Words: Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives

Which word in the sentence is a verb? "The dog barked loudly at the stranger."

• dog

• barked

• loudly

• stranger

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CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Identify the adjective in the following sentence: "The red balloon floated away."

• balloon

• floated

• red

• away

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Which word is a noun in this sentence? "Sarah quickly finished her homework."

• quickly

• finished

• Sarah

• her

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Choose the adverb in the sentence below: "The cat silently crept across the room."

• cat

• silently

• crept

• room

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Read the sentence and decide which word is an adjective: "The tall giraffe ate leaves from the tree."

• giraffe

• ate

• tall

• leaves

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Which word in the sentence is an adverb? "She sang beautifully at the concert."

• sang

• beautifully

• concert

• she

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Read the sentence and identify the noun, then explain why it is a noun: "The children played in the park."

• children, because it is a person, place, or thing

• played, because it is an action

• in, because it shows location

• the, because it is an article

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which word is the verb in the sentence, and how do you know? "The rabbit hopped quickly across the field."

• rabbit, because it is the animal

• hopped, because it shows what the rabbit did

• quickly, because it describes how

• field, because it is a place

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

In the sentence below, which word is an adjective and what does it describe? "The shiny apple was on the table."

• shiny, it describes apple

• apple, it describes shiny

• table, it describes apple

• was, it describes table

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Choose the adverb in the sentence and explain your choice: "The boy ran swiftly to catch the bus."

• boy, because it is a person

• ran, because it is an action

• swiftly, because it tells how he ran

• bus, because it is a thing

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CCSS.L.3.1A