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.
BC 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
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Maya
Hint: A noun names a person, place, animal or thing. Ask: which word is something you could name or point to?
Question 2
Which word in this sentence is an adjective?
Bright stars twinkled in the sky.
- Bright
- twinkled
- stars
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Bright
Hint: An adjective describes a noun. Ask: what kind? Which word tells more about a thing?
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)
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Noun (names a person, place, animal or thing)
Hint: Look at how “Leo” is used. A noun names a person, place, animal or thing. Ask: which word is something you could name or point to?
Question 4
Which word in this sentence is a noun?
The hungry children ate warm pancakes.
- warm
- children
- ate
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children
Hint: A noun names a person, place, animal or thing. Ask: which word is something you could name or point to?
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)
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Noun (names a person, place, animal or thing)
Hint: Look at how “den” is used. A noun names a person, place, animal or thing. Ask: which word is something you could name or point to?
Question 6
Which word in this sentence is an adjective?
Grandpa gently watered the thirsty tomatoes.
- thirsty
- gently
- tomatoes
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thirsty
Hint: An adjective describes a noun. Ask: what kind? Which word tells more about a thing?