Subscribe

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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 3.2.1.3 · nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 “dark”?

    The wind blew loudly through the dark forest.

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

  2. Question 2

    Which word in this sentence is a verb?

    Two noisy crows sat on the fence.

    • sat
    • fence
    • crows

  3. Question 3

    Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

    The playful puppy barked loudly at the squirrel.

    • puppy
    • loudly
    • playful

  4. Question 4

    Which word in this sentence is a verb?

    The brave firefighter climbed the long ladder.

    • ladder
    • brave
    • climbed

  5. Question 5

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

    The hungry children ate warm pancakes.

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

  6. Question 6

    Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

    Leo proudly kicked the muddy ball.

    • muddy
    • Leo
    • kicked

More 3rd grade