Language terms

What does an adjective do in a sentence?

• describes a verb

• describes a noun

• replaces the name of a person/people/place

• describes the location of something

Which word in the following sentence is an adjective? I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

• spoon

• leaned

• carefully

• rusty

What is a verb?

• describes a noun

• describes a verb

• replaced a name of a person, people or place

• a doing or feeling word

What do some verbs end with?

• -ed and -ing

• -ed but not -ing

• -ing but not -ed

• neither

Which words are the verbs in this sentence: I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

• closer and carefully

• rusty and leaned

• leaned and inspect

• spoon and closer

What is an adverb?

• Describes a verb

• Describes a noun

• Describes the position of something

• Is something someone does or feels

What do adverbs often end with?

• ed

• ing

• ly

• s

Which word in this sentence is the adverb? I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

• leaned

• spoon

• rusty

• carefully

What's a noun phrase?

• combination of a verb and the information that supports it (usually spotted as the adverb + noun)

• combination of two or more nouns in a phrase

• combination of a noun and the information that supports it (usually spotted as the adjective + noun)

• combination of nouns and their position in the sentence

What's the noun phrase in this sentence: I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

• leaned in

• rusty spoon carefully

• rusty spoon

• leaned in closer