Nouns vs Verbs vs Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes a __________________.

• noun

• adverb

• verb

• clause

An adverb is a word that describes a ______________.

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• quote

Select the adjective:

Grandma made warm apple pie

• warm

• pie

• grandma

• made

Select the adjective:

The goose's loud cry startled the child.

• goose's

• loud

• cry

• startled

Select the adjective:

Tomas quickly devoured the buttery lobster.

• Tomas

• quickly

• buttery

• lobster

Adjectives describe nouns. That means that adjectives describe....

• people, places, things, and/or ideas

• articles

• actions

• conjunctions

Select the adjective:

Ingrid's hardworking mom came home as soon as she could.

• hardworking

• mom

• soon

• could

Select the adjective:

That novel was thrilling! I read it very quickly.

• novel

• thrilling

• read

• quickly

Select the adjective:

I couldn't understand Priya's scratchy penmanship. She needs to write more clearly!

• understand

• scratchy

• write

• clearly

Which of the following is a noun?

• Run

• Happiness

• Quickly

• Blue