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Grammar Parts of Speech

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1. Underline the verbs in the following sentences.

The grey clouds gathered. The racing car crashed.
An enormous balloon exploded. My favourite cup broke.
Some noisy children were shouting. The tiny kitten was purring.

2. Underline the nouns and draw a ring round adjectives in the following
sentences.
The grey clouds gathered. The racing car crashed.
An enormous balloon exploded. My favourite cup broke.
Some noisy children were shouting. The tiny kitten was purring.

3. Choose the best verb from the brackets and write the complete sentence.

The ship (walked, sailed, swam) on the sea.

_________________________________________________________
The children (drank, chewed, read) their books.
_________________________________________________________
A bus (arrived, sang, wrote) at the bus stop.
_________________________________________________________

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washed barked watched swooped

played scampered purred brushed

4. Write the verbs from the box in the sentences.

The dog ______________ but the cat ____________ .

She ______________ her face and ______________ her hair.
We ______________ television and ______________ a card game.
The owl ______________ down, but the mouse ______________ away.

5. What can you do? Write these verbs in separate words:

seeheartouchtastesmell
__________ __________ __________ __________ ________

6. What can worms do? Write these verbs in separate words:

wrigglesquirmstretchwiggletwist
__________ __________ __________ __________ ________

sweet brave deep juicy dark

bright short angry fluffy sharp

7. Write adjectives from the box which best describe the nouns.

I cut my finger on the ___________ knife.

The ___________ dog barked furiously.
Rabbits have ___________, ___________ tails.
A ___________ star shone in the ___________ sky.
I ate a ___________, ___________ apple.
The ___________ man dived into the __________ water.

8. Write an adjective of your own choice to describe each noun.

a ______________ flower a ______________ sky

a ______________ orange a ______________ tower
a ______________ sea a ______________ fire

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9. Write a noun of your own choice for each adjective.

a fat ______________ an enormous ______________

a tiny ______________ a beautiful ______________
an ugly ______________ a miserable ______________

10. Write a colour adjective in each space.

a field of ______________ grass
the ______________ sun
a ______________ holly berry
the ______________ sky
______________ coins
a ______________ light

11. What part of speech is each underlined word, tick the appropriate column.

Noun Verb Adjective

The waves were very rough.
The pop star waves to the fans.
I got into the lift.
I lift the heavy box.
I ate a sweet apple.
My friend gave me a sweet.
The stone statue fell over.
I threw a stone.
The cook made a cake.
I will cook the dinner today.

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12. Make up some sentences to include each noun, verb and adjective.

Nouns Verbs Adjectives Sentence

man coughed old The old man coughed.
princess smiled beautiful _____________________________
dragon roared fierce _____________________________
boat sank wooden _____________________________
leaves fell autumn _____________________________
frog hopped fat _____________________________

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There are two kinds of number adjectives:

number words order of place
one first
two second
ten tenth

13. Join the number word to the order number that matches it.
one fourth nine twelfth
four sixth eleven ninth
six first twelve eleventh

14. Write a colour or number adjective in each space.

The Union Jack is _________, _________ and _________.

The _________ letter of the alphabet is C.
January is the _________ month of the year.
I have _________ toes on each foot.
The Christmas tree had _________ and _________ decorations.

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