Starter quiz
- Tick the red car.
white car
red car ✓
- Tick the picture with more than one sunflower.
- Match the noun type to the noun:
- common noun⇔flag ✓
- proper noun⇔Scotland ✓
- What is the common noun in this sentence? I like jam.
- 'jam' ✓
- Identify the noun in this sentence: This bus is full.
- This
- bus ✓
- is
- full
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- Tick the two plural nouns.
- pot
- chairs ✓
- pots ✓
- chair
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Exit quiz
- Match the definitions.
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- describe⇔add detail to ✓
- What is an adjective?
- a naming word for people, places and things
- a word that describes a noun ✓
- a naming word that always has a capital letter
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- Finish this sentence: If we describe something, we ...
- add an 's' to make it plural.
- add a capital letter to it.
- add detail to it. ✓
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- Identify the adjective in this sentence: The old man smiled.
- The
- old ✓
- man
- smiled
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- Match the following definitions.
- full stop⇔comes at the end of a sentence ✓
- adjective⇔often comes before a noun ✓
- What is the adjective in this sentence? There is a tall giraffe.
- 'tall' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Adjectives are words that describe nouns.
- Adjectives can describe singular or plural common nouns.
- Adjectives can describe proper nouns.
- An adjective often comes before the noun it is describing.
- Adjectives help the reader picture the noun.
Common misconception
Pupils might struggle to identify adjectives within a sentence and confuse them with other words.
They will only be exposed to adjectives that come before nouns initially so that they become confident in identifying and using them.
Keywords
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Describe - add detail to
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