ELA · Grammar
Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
Spot the noun, verb or adjective in short sentences and sort words into the right group.
- 🎓 Grades 2–3
- 📖 ELA
- 📐 L.3.1.A
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In "The dog ran fast," which word is the noun?
- A the
- B dog
- C fast
- D ran
In "The happy baby laughed," which word is the adjective?
- A laughed
- B happy
- C baby
- D the
In "Mia jumped over the rope," which word is the verb?
- A over
- B rope
- C jumped
- D Mia
What part of speech is "apple"?
- A noun
- B adverb
- C adjective
- D verb
What part of speech is "swim"?
- A noun
- B pronoun
- C verb
- D adjective
What part of speech is "fluffy"?
- A noun
- B adjective
- C adverb
- D verb
What part of speech is "school"?
- A noun
- B verb
- C adjective
- D adverb
What part of speech is "shiny"?
- A adjective
- B verb
- C noun
- D adverb
What part of speech is "throw"?
- A noun
- B adjective
- C verb
- D adverb
A noun names a...
- A way something is done
- B action
- C describing word
- D person, place, thing or idea
A verb shows...
- A a place
- B a describing word
- C an action or state of being
- D a person
An adjective...
- A describes a noun
- B shows an action
- C replaces a noun
- D joins two sentences
In "Grandpa baked cookies," which word is the verb?
- A baked
- B cookies
- C Grandpa
In "The tall girl sang," which word describes the girl?
- A sang
- B the
- C tall
Which word is a noun?
- A write
- B teacher
- C sleepy
- D quickly
Which word is a verb?
- A soft
- B climb
- C green
- D table
Which word is an adjective?
- A jump
- B cold
- C lamp
- D slowly
Which word is a proper noun?
- A city
- B state
- C Texas
- D river
Which of these is a proper noun?
- A Monday
- B morning
- C week
- D day
Which word is a common noun?
- A Lincoln Park
- B Ohio
- C park
- D July
In "Two red birds sang loudly," which word is the noun?
- A red
- B birds
- C sang
- D loudly
In "The kitten is soft," what part of speech is "soft"?
- A adverb
- B adjective
- C noun
- D verb
In "We play soccer," what part of speech is "play"?
- A adverb
- B verb
- C adjective
- D noun
In "My sister reads books," which word is the verb?
- A my
- B sister
- C reads
- D books
Which group has only verbs?
- A slowly, softly, gladly
- B big, red, tall
- C run, eat, sing
- D dog, cat, bird
Which group has only nouns?
- A hop, skip, jump
- B he, she, they
- C blue, round, wet
- D desk, chair, book
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