Starter quiz
- Which is the correct definition of a noun?
- A word that describes a noun.
- A doing or being word.
- A naming word for people, places and things. ✓
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- Which statements about common nouns are correct?
- Common nouns are naming words. ✓
- Common nouns describe something.
- Common nouns always need a capital letter.
- Common nouns do not always need to start with a capital letter. ✓
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- Match the noun types (person, place and thing) to the correct examples.
- person⇔Izzy ✓
- place⇔beach ✓
- thing⇔pen ✓
- Which is the correct definition of an adjective?
- A word that describes a noun. ✓
- A doing or being word.
- A naming word for people, places and things.
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- Which is the correct definition of a verb?
- A word that describes a noun.
- A doing or being word. ✓
- A naming word for people, places and things.
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- Match the word to the word class.
- run⇔verb ✓
- porridge⇔noun ✓
- hot⇔adjective ✓
Exit quiz
- Complete the following sentence: 'An __________ describes a noun.'
- verb
- adjective ✓
- capital letter
- full stop
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- Match the word class to its definition.
- adjective⇔describes a noun ✓
- noun⇔a person, place or thing ✓
- verb⇔a doing or being word ✓
- Select the adjectives that describe the old woman's personality.
- old
- wise ✓
- wrinkly
- kind ✓
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- Select the adjectives that describe the old woman's appearance.
- old ✓
- wise
- wrinkly ✓
- kind
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- Identify the verb in the following sentence: The villagers tidied the streets.
- The
- villagers
- tidied ✓
- streets
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- Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?
- hot porridge flowed down the streets
- Hot porridge flowed down the streets
- hot porridge flowed down the streets.
- Hot porridge flowed down the streets. ✓
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Key learning points
- An adjective describes a noun. Adjectives are often put in front of the noun in a sentence, such as 'green forest'
- Using descriptions with adjectives makes writing more interesting
- Verbs are doing or being words
- Verbs are chosen carefully to help us imagine how someone has done something, such as “whizzed”
- Adjectives can describe the appearance of someone or something as well as the personality of someone
Common misconception
Children may not write or speak in the past tense.
Consistently use sentence stems for the children to build their descriptive sentences from that are always in the past tense.
Keywords
Describe - add detail do
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - describes a noun
Verb - a doing or being word
Personality - the special qualities that make a character themselves
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