Nouns, Adjectives and Adverbs

Nouns are the names of..

• ...people, places and animals only.

• ... people, places, animals and things.

• ...people, things and animals only.

• things only.

Adverbs are words that describe...

• nouns

• adjectives

• verbs

Adjectives are words that describe..

• Verbs

• adverbs

• Nouns

The tall, green trees swayed gently in the breeze.

Identify the adjectives in the sentence above.

• Tall

• Green

• gently

• Tall, green

Ravi stealthily tiptoed into the quiet library.

Identify the adverb in the sentence above.

• stealthily

• tiptoed

• quiet

• library

The students at that school enjoy learning. Identify the nouns in this sentence.

• students only

• students, school, learning 

• students, school

• school only

Answer explanation

The -ing word 'learning' functions as a noun because there is another verb 'enjoy' before the -ing word.

The elegant ballerina twirled gracefully across the stage. 

Identify the verb and adverb.

• elegant ballerina

• ballerina twirled

• gracefully across

• twirled gracefully

Answer explanation

The -ing word 'learning' functions as a noun because there is another verb 'enjoy' before the -ing word.

The tiger growled fiercely.
Identify the verb in the sentence above.

She carefully arranged the colourful flowers in the vase.

Identify the adverb that describes 'arranged'. 

Jane waited ___________ for her mother to pick her up.

Type a suitable adverb that describes 'waited'.