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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: An object – a place, person or thing – Roy, Chelmsley Wood, door Takes the place of a noun – he, she, it they A word that describes an action (an action or a being word) – talk, am Describes where something is – on, under, nearby, next to, at the front Describes a noun – grumpy Roy, lively Chelmsley Wood, red door Describes how the verb is done – walk quickly, stand quietly – most end in ‘ly’ 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! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 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? A person, place, or thing e.g. Roy, Oxleas Wood, door Takes the place of a noun e.g. he, she, it they An action word or a being word e.g. talk, running, am, was, is Describes where something is e.g. on, under, nearby, next to, at the front Describes a noun e.g. grumpy Roy, lively Chelmsley Wood, red door Describes how the verb is done – e.g. walk quickly, stand quietly For each of the following boring verbs, think of 3 STRONG verbs… An adjective is………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Complete the table by matching the interesting adjectives with their boring versions: Nice Fantastic FABULOUS Bad FANTASTIC Boring YOUTHFUL Beautiful Old Worn-out CHILLY Happy Hot GLUM ELDERLY HORRENDOUS Pitch-black BRILLIANT CHILDISH AMAZING JOYFUL STUFFY WORN-OUT DEPRESSED GORGEOUS PICTURE-PERFECT FREEZING Sad STUNNING PITCH-BLACK REVOLTING TERRIBLE Cold FRAIL SHADOWY Young Dark TIRESOME CHIRPY Picture-perfect GLAMOROUS DULL SCORCHING CHEERFUL UNHAPPY Name: 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! 1.He followed her, carefully opening the ______ door. 2.On the other side of the door he saw _______________________________________________ Name: ADVERBS WORKSHEET A. Choose 5 adverbs in the box below to make 5 sentences of your own. quickly proudly angrily bravely nobly noisily anxiously easily patiently lazily willingly shabbily brutally clumsily terribly 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 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 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: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………