Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Unit 3 of 10

Word Jobs

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs

What your child practises

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

Yukon Curriculum learning standard: Language features, structures and conventions: sentence structure and grammar (parts of speech)

Sample questions

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

Question 1
Which word in this sentence is a noun?
Maya quickly packed her heavy backpack.
- Maya
- packed
- quickly
Question 2
Which word in this sentence is an adjective?
Bright stars twinkled in the sky.
- Bright
- twinkled
- stars
Question 3
In this sentence, what kind of word is “Leo”?
Leo proudly kicked the muddy ball.
- Noun (names a person, place, animal or thing)
- Adjective (describes a noun)
- Verb (shows an action)
Question 4
Which word in this sentence is a noun?
The hungry children ate warm pancakes.
- warm
- children
- ate
Question 5
In this sentence, what kind of word is “den”?
The sleepy bear crawled into a cozy den.
- Adjective (describes a noun)
- Noun (names a person, place, animal or thing)
- Verb (shows an action)
Question 6
Which word in this sentence is an adjective?
Grandpa gently watered the thirsty tomatoes.
- thirsty
- gently
- tomatoes