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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.

Alaska content standards learning standard: L.3.1 · 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 Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, 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: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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

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

    Our class happily sang a cheerful song.

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

  2. Question 2

    Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

    Leo proudly kicked the muddy ball.

    • muddy
    • ball
    • kicked

  3. Question 3

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

    Maya quickly packed her heavy backpack.

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

  4. Question 4

    Which word in this sentence is a noun?

    The brave firefighter climbed the long ladder.

    • long
    • ladder
    • brave

  5. Question 5

    Which word in this sentence is a noun?

    Bright stars twinkled in the sky.

    • twinkled
    • Bright
    • stars

  6. Question 6

    Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

    Two noisy crows sat on the fence.

    • sat
    • fence
    • noisy

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