Year 5/6 - Word Class

Year 5/6 - Word Class

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What different word classes do you already know?

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Multiple Choice

What is a noun?

• A doing or action word.

• A describing word.

• A person, place or object.

• A word that joins two clauses.

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What is an adjective?

• A person, place or thing.

• A describing word.

• A word that joins together two clauses.

• An action or doing word.

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What is an adverb?

• An action or doing word.

• A describing word.

• A person, place or thing.

• A word that describes a verb.

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Which word class does the underlined word belong to?

There was an old cabin next to the lake.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

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Which word class does the underlined word belong to?

I had to run for the bus.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

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Which word class does the underlined word belong to?

I'm going to Spain in the summer.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

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Which word class does the underlined word belong to?

I crept down the stairs quietly.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

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What is a proper noun?

• The name of specific people, places or objects.

• A word that tells us the position/location of something.

• A word to join parts of a sentence together.

• Part of a sentence.

Multiple Select

Identify all the proper nouns below.

• Mr Rivers

• table

• trainers

• Polly

• London

Pronouns

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How many examples of pronouns can you think of?

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Which word is the pronoun?

Hi. My name is Lucy.

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Which word is the pronoun?

What is your favourite food?

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Which word is the pronoun?

The bird is in its house.

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Which word is the pronoun?

Daisy brushed her hair.

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Which word is the pronoun?

Our dog is so noisy!

Multiple Choice

Joe IS a friend.

• Verb

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Adverb

• Noun

Multiple Choice

HE was singing in the shower.

• Adjective

• Conjunction

• Pronoun

• Adverb

• Article

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, what word class is the?

I ate the chocolate cookie for dessert.

• noun

• adjective

• determiner

• adverb

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, what word class is bitter?

Mrs Juty spat out the coffee because it tasted bitter.

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

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In the sentence below, what word class is important?

The museum held many important artefacts.

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

Multiple Choice

Which word/words in the sentence is an adverb?
Karen quickly ate her lunch, so she could play happily outside before the rain came.

• quickly
• happily and rain
• quickly and happily
• quickly and lunch

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence is the adjective?
Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt today.

• Lisa
• Sleeveless
• Shirt
• Today

Multiple Choice

Which words are nouns? (Choose the answer that contains all the nouns...)
Amy went to France on Saturday and took her camera with her.

• Amy, France, Saturday
• France, Saturday 
• Amy, France, Saturday, Camera

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, what word class is Miss Mitchell?

Miss Mitchell uploaded a task on Seesaw.

• noun

• proper noun

• verb

• adjective

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In the sentence below, what word class is she?

She stopped and gazed up at his face.

• noun

• pronoun

• determiner

• adverb

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In the sentence below, what word class is behind?

The car behind us was flashing its lights.

• noun

• adjective

• preposition

• determiner

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In the sentence below, what word class is shoes?

Katie loved her new shiny shoes.

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

• verb

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, what word class is slowly?

The tiny spider slowly climbed up the pipe.

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

Multiple Choice

Identify the word class in bold: They ran to the door

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

• Preposition

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How many exciting adjectives can you think of?

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How many examples of adverbs can you think of?

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How many examples of proper nouns can you think of?