Learning Objective

Learning Objective I will be able to explain different word classes.

Marching angrily across the room, the grumpy man clenched his fists tightly. Group the words in this sentence by type. Put a different type of word in each circle. If you know it, label each group with the name for that type of word.

Match the word classes with their correct meanings: NOUN An object – a place, person or thing – Roy, Chelmsley Wood, door Takes the place of a noun – he, she, it they ADVERB A word that describes an action (an action or a being word) – talk, am PREPOSITION Describes where something is – on, under, nearby, next to, at the front PRONOUN ADJECTIVE Describes a noun – grumpy Roy, lively Chelmsley Wood, red door Describes how the verb is done – walk quickly, stand quietly – most end in ‘ly’ VERB

True or false? A noun is an object – a person, place or thing. True

True or false? An adjective is an action word. False

True or false? An verb is a describing word. False

True or false? An adverb describes how the verb is done. True

True or false? A preposition describes where something is. True

True or false? A pronoun takes the place of a verb. False

As the ugly witch whispered to the clever mice, they quickly moved under the nearby table, because of her stinky breath!

To avoid the regular bullying, the ugly duckling quickly swam away from the rest of his family. • The restaurant chef sang praises about his new assistants, but quietly wished they would work faster. • As the family slowly drove up to their new house, they were horrified by the life-size, glamorous Beckhams’ poster, which had been stuck on their front door. • Fortunately, the big bad wolf and his vicious pack of friends, knew just where to get their next meal…Red Riding Hood! • From the moment they spoke, they anxiously waited and carefully planned their confident words, but what a dreadful mismatch when they finally met.

How many of these word classes can you define? NOUN A person, place, or thing e.g. Roy, Oxleas Wood, door Takes the place of a noun e.g. he, she, it they ADVERB An action word or a being word e.g. talk, running, am, was, is PREPOSITION PRONOUN Describes where something is e.g. on, under, nearby, next to, at the front ADJECTIVE Describes a noun e.g. grumpy Roy, livelyChelmsley Wood, red door Describes how the verb is done – e.g. walk quickly, stand quietly VERB

For each of the following boring verbs, think of 3 STRONG verbs… TALK EAT WALK LOOK DRINK

An adjective is………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Complete the table by matching the interesting adjectives with their boring versions: FABULOUS GLAMOROUS FANTASTIC TIRESOME STUNNING YOUTHFUL FRAIL PITCH-BLACK CHIRPY GLUM GORGEOUS CHILLY REVOLTING BRILLIANT SHADOWY PICTURE-PERFECT TERRIBLE ELDERLY CHILDISH FREEZING AMAZING JOYFUL HORRENDOUS STUFFY WORN-OUT DULL CHEERFUL DEPRESSED SCORCHING UNHAPPY

Adjectives worksheet In these five sentences underline, circle or highlight the word or words that are ADJECTIVES. • The old, rotten door creaked open. • The dirty fireplace still glowed with a few hot embers. • She crept into the room and called the sleepy, white dog over. • He growled at her and shook his grubby, woolly body. • Backing out of the unwelcoming room, she tiptoed away again. Rewrite these sentences, including effective adjectives. • Turning the corner, he saw a witch. ___________________________________________________________________________________ • She had with her a cat. ___________________________________________________________________________________ • She waved her wand, created a door in the air, and disappeared inside. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Now continue the story, using adjectives to add to the spooky atmosphere! • He followed her, carefully opening the ______ door. • On the other side of the door he saw _______________________________________________ Name:

Name: ADVERBS WORKSHEET A. Choose 5 adverbs in the box below to make 5 sentences of your own. quickly bravely anxiously patiently willingly angrily noisily easily lazily shabbily proudly nobly clumsily terribly brutally skilfully accidentally carefully feebly hopefully miserably gently truthfully briskly fiercely thoughtfully sweetly leisurely B. Write down the following verbs. Next to each verb, write three adverbs to describe how the action is done. For example walking hurriedly slowly leisurely • Playing • Fighting • Eating • Running • Snoring • Talking • Singing • Laughing

Name: PREPOSITIONS WORKSHEET Work out the 19 words which are hidden in these letter strings: gldacrossvsbeyondufkotowardslervcuponi ttpoffveabovefaboutamidphavbilthroughtg onvawlafterghsoverghtdownkavotnearby betweeneaghsinceuntileivwunderlbeneath What are these words called? ……………………………………… Using 5 of the words you have found, create 5 different ‘wow’ sentences: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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