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3rd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 3 of 13

Word Jobs

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs

What your child practices

Finding nouns (naming words), verbs (action words), adjectives (describing words) and adverbs (words that tell how) in sentences.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.36 · nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A noun names a person, place, animal or thing.
  2. A verb is an action word. An adjective describes a noun.
  3. An adverb tells how, when or where. Many adverbs end in -ly.

Example: Which word is an adjective? “The playful kitten chased a ball.” An adjective describes a noun. “Playful” tells what the kitten is like. Answer: playful

Word Jobs in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 3 of 13 in 3rd grade English Language Arts, after Story Elements and before Punctuation Power.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

    Our class happily sang a cheerful song.

    • class
    • happily
    • cheerful

  2. Question 2

    Which word in this sentence is a noun?

    The brave firefighter climbed the long ladder.

    • brave
    • firefighter
    • long

  3. Question 3

    Which word in this sentence is a verb?

    Two noisy crows sat on the fence.

    • sat
    • crows
    • noisy

  4. Question 4

    Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

    A tiny ant lifted a huge crumb.

    • ant
    • crumb
    • tiny

  5. Question 5

    Which word in this sentence is a verb?

    Jay carefully carried the hot soup.

    • hot
    • carried
    • carefully

  6. Question 6

    In this sentence, what kind of word is “long”?

    The tall giraffe slowly stretched its long neck.

    • Adjective (describes a noun)
    • Verb (shows an action)
    • Noun (names a person, place, animal or thing)

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