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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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 3.L.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 Arizona

In the Arizona Academic 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: Arizona Department of Education

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 a noun?

    A tiny ant lifted a huge crumb.

    • crumb
    • huge
    • lifted

  2. Question 2

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

    Jay carefully carried the hot soup.

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

  3. Question 3

    Which word in this sentence is a noun?

    Maya quickly packed her heavy backpack.

    • packed
    • Maya
    • quickly

  4. Question 4

    Which word in this sentence is a verb?

    The tall giraffe slowly stretched its long neck.

    • stretched
    • slowly
    • neck

  5. Question 5

    Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

    The fluffy kitten chased a red ball.

    • kitten
    • ball
    • red

  6. Question 6

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

    The sleepy bear crawled into a cozy den.

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

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