Grades 2–3
Irregular Plurals: One Mouse, Two Mice
Eight nouns that change instead of adding -s, like mouse and mice, tooth and teeth, child and children.
Writing worksheet · Parts of speech
Parts of Speech Sort
Sort 16 words into nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, then use one of each in a sentence.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Topic
- Parts of speech
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Parts of speech, Grammar terms, Word choice, Using words correctly in sentences
What kids do
“Is it a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb? Write each word in the right column.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Noun: a person, place, thing or idea
- Verb: an action
- Adjective: describes a noun
- Adverb: tells how, when or where (often ends in -ly)
- Write one sentence that uses a word from every column.
Words on this sheet
riverexploregentlepuppybuildnoisyNounquicklyalwaysVerbcityideaborrowforgettinysoftlyfuzzyloudlyAdverb
Teacher tip
Color-code the sort: nouns blue, verbs red, adjectives green, adverbs orange.
How to use it
- Review the part of speech with three quick examples on the board first.
- Act out verbs and adverbs, and hold up objects for nouns and adjectives.
- Let early writers draw first, then talk, then write.
Watch for
Kids sorting by meaning instead of job in the sentence. Ask what the word is doing.
Talk about it
- Can a word be a noun in one sentence and a verb in another?
- Where else do writers use this skill?
Take it further
Play a silly fill-in-the-blank story game with nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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