Adjectives: to describe

English

Nouns: common and proper

Nouns: singular and plural

Adjectives: to compare

Adjectives: expanded noun phrases

Verbs: doing verbs

Verbs: doing and being verbs

Adverbs

In this unit, pupils learn to identify and use the four main word classes. In 'Year 1: Grammar 2: simple sentences', pupils will learn to write and say different types of simple sentence in the simple present and simple past tense.

In this unit, pupils learn about nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Specifically, they learn about the conventions around singular and plural common nouns and proper nouns. They learn that adjectives can both describe and compare and they learn that verbs can be both doing verbs and being verbs.

Word class

a naming word for people, places and things

a naming word that always has a capital letter

Finish this sentence: If we describe something, we ...

Identify the adjective in this sentence: The old man smiled.

What is the adjective in this sentence? There is a tall giraffe.

Tick the picture with more than one sunflower.

What is the common noun in this sentence? I like jam.

Identify the noun in this sentence: This bus is full.

Starter Quiz

Tick the red car.