Word class revision
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can practise word class test questions.
Key learning points
- There are four types of noun: common, proper, collective and abstract.
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs build clauses.
- Determiners introduce nouns.
- Modal verbs are a type of auxiliary verb.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Verb - a doing, being or having word
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Adverb - a word that can describe a verb or an adjective
Determiner - a word that introduces a noun in a clause or phrase
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to see adverbs as doing more than saying 'how' verbs are done.
Adverbs modify verbs by saying when, where, how or to what extent they are done - encourage pupils to look for words that modify the verb.
Teacher tip
Complete lessons on determiners and adverbs are found in the accompanying Year 6 'Key terminology, including determiners, fronted adverbials and parenthesis' Grammar unit.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are word classes?
Q2.Which is the correct definition of a verb?
Q3.Which is the correct definition of an adjective?
Q4.Which is the correct definition of a noun?
Q5.Tick all the words that can be used as nouns.
Q6.Tick all the words that can be used as verbs.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.In which sentence is 'place' being used as a verb?
Q2.In which sentences is 'find' used as a noun?
Q3.Which words are determiners in this sentence? 'Those children are damaging my plants with their boots!'
Q4.What is the noun phrase in this sentence? 'A wild cat attacked him.'
Q5.Match the word to its word class.
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
Q6.Which words are adverbs in this sentence? 'We ran hard towards the softly glowing light of the cafe.'
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