Identifying Nouns, Adjectives and Verbs in Sentences

My dog had a litter of five, whining, black puppies.

Choose the nouns in this sentence.

• dog, had, black

• dog, litter, puppies

• dog, five, whining

• my, five, whining

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'dog, litter, puppies' because these are the nouns in the sentence. 'Dog' refers to the animal, 'litter' refers to the group of puppies, and 'puppies' are the young dogs. The other options include verbs or adjectives.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

The playful kittens chased a red ball across the room.

Choose the nouns in this sentence.

• chased, across, the

• kittens, ball, room

• red, across, playful

• playful, chased, red

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Sarah bought a bouquet of fresh flowers for her mother.

Choose the nouns in this sentence.

• bought, fresh, for, her

• Sarah, for, her

• Sarah, bouquet, flowers, mother

• bouquet, bought, fresh

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

The children built a sandcastle on the beach during summer.

Choose the nouns in this sentence.

• children, built, beach

• the, a, on, during

• children, sandcastle, beach, summer

• built, on, during

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

A mother snake had six, long, wiggly, baby snakes.

Choose the adjectives from this sentence.

• mother, nine, long, snakes

• snakes, long, wiggly, baby

• six, wiggly, baby snakes

• six, long, wiggly, baby

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

The clever fox jumped over the tall fence.

Choose the adjectives from this sentence.

• clever, tall

• jumped, over, the

• fox, fence, clever

• clever, jumped, tall

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Emily found three shiny coins under the old sofa.

Choose the nouns in this sentence.

• Emily, coins, sofa

• Emily, three, shiny

• found, shiny, under

• three, shiny, old

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

The noisy birds sang in the green trees every morning.

Choose the adjectives from this sentence.

• birds, sang, trees

• noisy, green, every

• in, the, sang

• noisy, green

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

What is the verb in this sentence?

An omnivore eats meat and plants.

• omnivore

• eats

• meat

• and

Jessica read an interesting book about wild animals.

Choose the nouns in this sentence.

• Jessica, book, animals

• read, interesting, wild

• read, about, wild

• interesting, about, book

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B