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Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A noun is a ...
a)
word that describes an action
b)
word that describes a person or place only
c)
word that describes another noun
d)
word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea
2.
A verb is a word that...
a)
describes a noun
b)
is a person, place, or thing
c)
shows action, what someone/ something is doing
d)
describes a verb
3.

What is an adjective?

a)

words that indicate person,places, things

b)

a word or phase that describes a noun or pronoun

c)

used to indicate actions

d)

a word

4.
What is the word in red?
Ms Mauger hugs the moose.
a)
verb
b)
adjective
c)
noun
d)
proper noun
5.
Find the verb in this sentence.
The dog gently sniffed the cat.
a)
sniffed
b)
quietly
c)
cat
d)
dog
6.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Maddie put the golden key in the lock. 
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
d)
Proper Noun
7.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Patricia played beautiful music on her guitar.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
d)
Proper Noun
8.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Has anyone read Caitlyn's latest story?
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
d)
Proper Noun
9.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
The sly fox outsmarted the chicken.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
d)
Proper Noun
10.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
We walked around the school seven times.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
d)
Proper Noun
11.
Which word in the following sentence is an adjective?
- My blanket is soft.
a)
blanket
b)
soft
c)
My
d)
is
12.
Which word in this sentence is the adjective?
Take out the smelly garbage.
a)
garbage
b)
take
c)
smelly
d)
the
13.
 What is the word in red?
The ducks follow their mother.
a)
adjective
b)
verb
c)
proper noun
d)
noun
14.
 What is the word in red?
That bouncy castle is 
fun!
a)
noun
b)
adverb
c)
adjective
d)
verb
15.
Find the adjective in the sentence.
Jenny grilled some delicious hamburgers yesterday.
a)
Harry
b)
grilled
c)
hamburgers
d)
delicious
16.
What is the word in red?
Alex watches way too much TV!
a)
noun
b)
proper noun
c)
adjective
d)
verb
17.

Click on all of the adjectives you see

a)

happy

b)

jump

c)

cat

d)

blue

e)

kind

18.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Maddie put the golden key in the lock. 
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
19.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Leroy and Jenna walked up to an old castle.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
20.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Patricia played beautiful music on her guitar.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
21.
Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

The old stairs creak every day.
a)
creak
b)
day
c)
old
d)
stairs
22.
Which word in this sentence is a verb?

The yellow bird sings in the tree.
a)
yellow
b)
sings
c)
bird
d)
tree
23.
Which word in this sentence is a noun?
The brown mouse is running fast.
a)
mouse
b)
brown
c)
running
d)
fast
24.
Which word in this sentence is an adjective?
Mom cooked a yummy dinner for us.
a)
Mom
b)
cooked
c)
yummy
d)
us
25.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
Billy jumped over the fence.
a)
Billy
b)
jumped
c)
over
d)
fence
26.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
Sarah voted for the very first time!
a)
voted
b)
Sarah
c)
first
d)
very
27.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
The students studied for the test.
a)
The
b)
test
c)
studied
d)
students
28.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
We are eating Los Portales for lunch!
a)
are eating
b)
We
c)
Los Portales
d)
lunch
29.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
The tiny baby is happy.
a)
tiny
b)
is
c)
baby
d)
happy
30.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
The lost child looked scared.
a)
lost
b)
looked
c)
child
d)
scared
31.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

The children ran through the grass.

a)

grass

b)

ran

c)

through

d)

the

32.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

The elephant is walking in the tall grass to find food.

a)

walking

b)

tall

c)

find

d)

elephant

33.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

The lava flowed down the volcano to the ocean.

a)

flowed

b)

volcano

c)

down

d)

the

34.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

The beautiful children smiled for the camera.

a)

beautiful

b)

smiled

c)

for

d)

camera

35.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

Mr. Gregor is the best principal at John Adams.

a)

principal

b)

best

c)

at

d)

is

36.
What is the adjective in this sentence?.... The old dog ran slowly to catch the ball
a)
dog
b)
old
c)
slowly
d)
ran
37.
What is the adjective in this sentence?....
The tall man bumped his head.
a)
the
b)
man
c)
tall
d)
bumped
38.
What is the adjective in this sentence?....
The sleepy boy fell asleep
a)
sleepy
b)
boy
c)
fell
d)
asleep
39.
What is the adjective in this sentence?....
The girl cleaned her messy room.
a)
girl
b)
room
c)
cleaned
d)
messy
40.
What is the adjective in this sentence?....
The dirty dishes sat in the sink.
a)
dirty
b)
dishes
c)
they
d)
sat
41.
What is the adjective in this sentence?....
I love to sleep on my soft pillow.
a)
I
b)
love
c)
pillow
d)
soft
42.
What is the adjective in this sentence?....
My father is a funny man.
a)
funny
b)
father
c)
my
d)
is
43.
What is the adjective in this sentence?....
I enjoy eating cold ice cream.
a)
eating
b)
enjoy
c)
cold
d)
ice cream
44.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Has anyone read Caitlyn's latest story?
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
45.
Is the underlined word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Sally watched the stars from the old park.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
46.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
My sister watched the movie with her teddy bear.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
47.
Is the underlined word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
Chayse has five brothers and sisters.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
48.
Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN??
We walked around the school seven times.
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
49.
Which word in the sentence is an adjective?
"I had two breakfast burritos this morning."
a)
two
b)
breakfast
c)
burritos
d)
morning
50.
Which word in the sentence is an adjective?
"Bring a warm sweater on the hike."
a)
warm
b)
sweater
c)
Bring
d)
hike
51.
Which word in the sentence is an adjective?
"The truck rumbled down the narrow street."
a)
narrow
b)
rumbled
c)
truck
d)
down
52.
Which WORDS in the sentence are all adjectives?
"The small child pulled a broken wagon across the grassy field."
a)
small, broken, grassy
b)
child, wagon, field
c)
small, broken, field
d)
pulled, across, grassy
53.
TREE is a...
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adjective
d)
Proper Noun
54.
Penguins make the worst pets. 
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
Proper Noun
55.
SHORT is a...
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adjective
d)
Proper Noun
56.
JUMP is a...
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adjective
d)
Proper Noun
57.
The word STAPLER is a what?
a)
Adjective
b)
Noun
c)
Verb
d)
Proper Noun
58.
Which word in this sentence is the adjective?
Take out the smelly garbage.
a)
garbage
b)
take
c)
smelly
d)
the
59.

What is the red word: Johnny is excited.

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

60.

What is the red word: The old books had dust on them.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

61.

What is the red word: The girls hiked until sunset.

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

proper noun

62.

What is the red word: The internet is so slow!

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

63.
The princess walked into the factory and slipped.
What is the predicate of the sentence?
a)
walked into the factory
b)
the princess
c)
walked into the factory and slipped
d)
and slipped
64.

What is the subject?

Allison jumped on her bed.

a)

Allison

b)

her

65.

What is the subject?

Bradley rode his bike to school.

a)

his bike

b)

Bradley

66.

What is the subject?

Mason and Seth played football at recess.

a)

Seth played

b)

Mason and Seth

67.

What is the subject?

The dog chased the cat through the yard.

a)

dog and cat

b)

The dog

68.

What is the predicate?

We won fifty dollars at the fair.

a)

won

b)

won fifty dollars at the fair

69.

What is the predicate?

She painted her bedroom pink and purple.

a)

painted her bedroom

b)

painted her bedroom pink and purple

70.

What is the predicate?

Katie cheered when her team won the game.

a)

cheered

b)

cheered when her team won the game

71.

What is the predicate?

Lucy and her mom went to the store.

a)

went to the store

b)

her mom went to the store

72.

What is the predicate?

Mr. John's class earned extra recess time.

a)

earned extra recess time

b)

earned recess

73.

What is the predicate?

The teacher gave her students homework.

a)

gave students

b)

gave her students homework

74.

What is the subject in this sentence: My dog barked loudly.

a)

barked

b)

loudly

c)

My dog

d)

barked loudly

75.

What is the subject in this sentence: My mom and dad slept in the tent.

a)

slept in the tent

b)

tent

c)

slept

d)

My mom and dad

76.

What is the subject in this sentence: My friend learned how to swim.

a)

learned how to swim

b)

My friend

c)

swim

d)

My

77.

What is the subject in this sentence: My cousin likes to play with her puppy.

a)

play

b)

My cousin

c)

puppy

d)

likes

78.

What is the predicate in this sentence: The kids are running around.

a)

running

b)

The kids

c)

around

d)

are running around.

79.
What is the subject of this sentence?: The eye doctor checked my vision at the office.
a)
at the office. 
b)
The eye doctor
c)
checked my vision
80.

The airplane model took three hours to build.


What is the complete subject?

a)

airplane

b)

The airplane model

c)

hours

d)

three hours

81.

Barney practiced the violin for his recital.


What is the simple subject?

a)

violin

b)

recital

c)

for his recital

d)

Barney

82.

Gertrude sang a solo in chorus.


What is the complete predicate?

a)

Gertrude sang

b)

sang

c)

sang a solo

d)

sang a solo in chorus

83.

What is the subject?

Travelers visit temples and pyramids.

a)

visit

b)

temples and pyramids

c)

travelers

84.

What is the subject?

The giant pyramids stand in the Egyptian desert.

a)

the giant pyramids

b)

the Egyptian desert

c)

stand

d)

in

85.

What is the subject?

Archaeologists are scientists who dig in the earth to find clues to the past.

a)

are

b)

archaeologists

c)

scientists

d)

dig

86.

What is the complete predicate?

The archaeologists find mummies.

a)

mummies

b)

the archaeologists

c)

find mummies

87.

What is the complete predicate?

The tombs are all empty.

a)

the tombs

b)

are

c)

are all empty

d)

empty

88.

What is the subject?

Howard Carter is a scientist who discovered King Tut's tomb.

a)

discovered

b)

Howard Carter

c)

scientist

d)

King Tut's tomb

89.
What is true of all predicates?
a)
They all contain verbs
b)
They all contain nouns
c)
They all contain adjectives
d)
They all contain adverbs