Noun Work

Common Nouns Week 3 - Term 1

A  noun is a naming word.

Common nouns are nouns that refer to non-specific persons, places, objects or periods of time. For example: mother, student, kitchen, paddock, house, hat, week, century.

1. Highlight the common nouns in the following sentences.

• The dog wagged its shaggy tail.

• The sailor threw the rope to the people in the boat.

• The freshly cooked chocolate cake had been baked in the oven.Noun

• The student grabbed the encyclopedia from the shelf to help with research.

• The mountain seemed huge as the people gazed from the lookout.

2. Use the common nouns in the box below to complete the following passage.

Shannon     beach    jandals    track    towel    rays    Shannon    creek    shed   Ashley   Water    Ashley

Shannon and Ashley walked down the rutted track to the beach They passed the broken utility shed and jumped the farm rays.shannon lay down on her towel to catch some water while Ashley slipped off her jandals and ran into the cool, inviting creek.

Adjective work

Adjectives Week 4 - Term 1

An adjective is a ‘describing’ word.   

Adjectives are the words that we use to describe nouns. They help us add meaning to our chosen noun by describing the colour, size, shape etc. For instance, the word ‘car’ is a noun. But we, as writers, need to explain more about what the car is like. To do this we use an adjective.

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.

• The yellow clock ticked merrily.

• Jonah picked up the ugly, black spider.

• The book we had to read for English was huge.

• The old man crossed the busy road at the pedestrian crossing.

• Greer loved the look of the regular waves at Piha today. It was going to be awesome surf!

2. Complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate adjective from the box below.

Fascinating    busy   dark   tall   blazing   pink   front   almighty   freezing   heavy   blue   straight

• David quietly made his way through the dark room.

• The Sky Tower stood tall and straight on the Auckland skyline.
• A pink blanket smothered the sparks leaping from the blazing fire.
• There was an almighty bang as the front door swung shut.
• Te Papa is a fascinating, busy place to visit for the school holidays.

3. Adjectives are exciting words to use but too often we are stuck in the same mode using the same old, boring words. See if you can use the different resources in this classroom to help you find better words for the following.

Red	Huge	Sky
Big	Black	Creature
Dark	Shadow	Redwoods
Wet	Soaky	Towel
Sharp	Pointy	Teeth
Smelly	Stinky	Socks

4. Replace the bold adjective in each sentence with an even better one.

• My Dad is great. He loves to sail tiny yachts and enjoys working in our big garden but I really hate it when he wears his floppy sun hat and floral shirt.

• I a a ballet dancer. I am elegant and graceful. I am like a beautiful swan. My tutu is made up of layers of floaty tulle and my shoes are a rose pink. I twirl and leap in time to the classical music.