Key Stage 1 · Year 2 · English · 2 minutes
Words with jobs
Nouns name. Verbs do. Adjectives describe.
Key terms
- Noun
- A naming word for a person, a place, an animal or a thing, like dog.
- Verb
- A doing word, like run, jump or sleep.
- Adjective
- A describing word that tells us more about a noun, like fluffy or brown.
- Adverb
- A word that tells us how something is done, like quickly.
- Sentence
- A group of words that starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
Transcript
Did you know that words have jobs? Let's meet three kinds of word, and grow a sentence together!
First, nouns. A noun is a naming word. It names a person, a place, an animal or a thing. Dog is a noun.
Next, verbs. A verb is a doing word. Run, jump, sleep! Let's give our dog a verb. The dog runs. Capital letter at the start, full stop at the end.
Now, adjectives. An adjective is a describing word. It tells us more about a noun. What is our dog like? Fluffy! The fluffy dog runs.
Let's add another. What colour is it? Brown! The fluffy brown dog runs. Our sentence is growing!
We can even say how it runs. Quickly! That's an adverb. The fluffy brown dog runs quickly.
Can you spot the noun? Dog! The verb? Runs! And the adjectives? Fluffy and brown!
So remember. Nouns are naming words. Verbs are doing words. Adjectives are describing words. Now grow a sentence of your own!
Sources
Every fact in the video, and where it comes from.
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- Year 2 statutory grammar terminology includes noun, noun phrase, adjective, verb, adverb, statement, question, exclamation (English Appendix 2).
- 2twinkl.com/guides/year-2-english-subject-support/year-2-n…
- Year 2 pupils learn to use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify, e.g. 'the blue butterfly'.
- 3twinkl.com/guides/year-2-english-subject-support/year-2-a…
- Adjectives describe nouns; adverbs (often ending in -ly) tell us more about a verb, e.g. how something is done.
- 4kirkellaprimaryschool.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Year-2-Vocabulary-G…
- Year 2 punctuation: capital letters and full stops to demarcate sentences (Appendix 2, Years 1-2).
- 5classroomsecrets.co.uk/lesson/y2-adjectives-in-sentences-lesson
- Child-friendly definitions used in KS1: a noun is a naming word (person, place, animal or thing), a verb is a doing word, an adjective is a describing word.
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