Starter quiz
- Which of these are word classes?
- adjective ✓
- adverb ✓
- verb ✓
- passive voice
- relative clause
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- Which is the correct definition of a verb?
- a word that describes a noun
- a naming word for a person, place or thing
- a being, a doing or a having word ✓
- a word that describes a verb or an adjective
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- Which is the correct definition of an adjective?
- a word that describes a noun ✓
- a naming word for a person, place or thing
- a being, a doing or a having word
- a word that describes a verb or an adjective
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- Which is the correct definition of a noun?
- a word that describes a noun
- a naming word for a person, place or thing ✓
- a being, a doing or a having word
- a word that describes a verb or an adjective
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- Tick all the words that can be used as nouns.
- clothing ✓
- papery
- adorable
- light ✓
- friend ✓
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- Tick all the words that can be used as verbs.
- light ✓
- cosy
- place ✓
- helpful
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Exit quiz
- In which sentence is 'place' being used as a verb?
- Find a place where we can eat.
- This place is amazing!
- Would you please place it on the table? ✓
- You have really found your place in this class.
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- In which sentences is 'find' used as a noun?
- Did you find it yet?
- What an incredible find this is! ✓
- Let's find her the perfect present.
- The archaeologist examined the find carefully. ✓
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- Which words are determiners in this sentence? 'Those children are damaging my plants with their boots!'
- those ✓
- children
- damaging
- my ✓
- their ✓
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- What is the noun phrase in this sentence? 'A wild cat attacked him.'
- wild cat
- a wild cat ✓
- attacked him
- a cat
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- Match the word to its word class.
- believer⇔noun ✓
- believable⇔adjective ✓
- believes⇔verb ✓
- unbelievably⇔adverb ✓
- Which words are adverbs in this sentence? 'We ran hard towards the softly glowing light of the cafe.'
- ran
- hard ✓
- softly ✓
- glowing
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- There are four types of noun: common, proper, collective and abstract.
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs build clauses.
- Determiners introduce nouns.
- Modal verbs are a type of auxiliary verb.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to see adverbs as doing more than saying 'how' verbs are done.
Adverbs modify verbs by saying when, where, how or to what extent they are done - encourage pupils to look for words that modify the verb.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Verb - a doing, being or having word
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Adverb - a word that can describe a verb or an adjective
Determiner - a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase
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