Y4 English Aut 1 Week 6

Which word is a noun in the sentence: "We filled the cupboard with snacks, bread and rice."

• filled

• cupboard

• with

• and

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'cupboard' is a noun as it refers to a physical object where items are stored. The other options are not nouns: 'filled' is a verb, 'with' is a preposition, and 'and' is a conjunction.

Identify the verb in the sentence: "Please eat all of your lunch and drink your juice."

• Please

• lunch

• eat

• your

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'eat' is the action being requested, making it the verb. 'Please' is a polite request, 'lunch' is a noun, and 'your' is a possessive adjective. Therefore, the correct verb is 'eat'.

What is the adjective in the sentence: "The black dog grasped the knobbly stick in his jaws."

• dog

• grasped

• black

• jaws

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'black' describes the noun 'dog', indicating its color. Therefore, 'black' is the adjective, while 'dog', 'grasped', and 'jaws' serve different grammatical roles.

Find the adverb in the sentence: "She gently plucked the newborn baby from the cot."

• She

• gently

• plucked

• baby

Answer explanation

The adverb in the sentence is 'gently', as it describes how she plucked the baby. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, and in this case, 'gently' modifies the verb 'plucked'.

Which word is the article in the sentence: "I would love to meet up with your father for a chat."

• I

• love

• your

• a

Answer explanation

In the sentence, the word 'a' is the article. Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. 'A' is an indefinite article, indicating a non-specific reference to the noun 'chat'.

Identify the subject in the sentence: "The bus slowed down and stopped at the station."

• bus

• slowed

• stopped

• station

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'The bus slowed down and stopped at the station,' the subject is 'bus' as it is the noun performing the actions of slowing down and stopping.

What is the object in the sentence: "The rain fell into the lake."

• rain

• fell

• into

• lake

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'lake' is the object receiving the action of the verb 'fell.' The rain is the subject performing the action, while 'into' indicates the direction of the action towards the lake.

Find the pronoun in the sentence: "Every now and then I love visiting France."

• Every

• now

• I

• France

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'I' is the pronoun that refers to the speaker. The other words do not function as pronouns, making 'I' the correct choice.

Which phrase is a noun phrase in the sentence: "I own a very old house."

• I own

• a very old house

• very old

• own a

Answer explanation

The phrase 'a very old house' is a noun phrase because it functions as a subject or object in a sentence, representing a person, place, thing, or idea. The other options do not fulfill this role.

Identify the subordinating conjunction in the sentence: "Don't go out in those waves until they have calmed down."

• Don't

• in

• until

• have

Answer explanation

The subordinating conjunction in the sentence is "until". It introduces the dependent clause "until they have calmed down," indicating the condition under which the action of not going out applies.