Fill in the missing word as you copy out these three sentences.

Missing words verb, adjective, noun.

1. An --------- is a describing word. It tells us more about a noun.
2. A ------ is a naming word. It can be the name of a person, place or thing.
3. A ------ is a doing word. Every sentence must have one of these.

Look at this list of verbs:

caught planted shouted chased carried sailed

crawled typed.

Copy the sentences, choosing the most appropriate verb to fill the space.

1. The injured squirrel -------- up to the tree.
2. Dad -------- the suitcases from the boot of the taxi.
3. The class ------- the seeds to see how they would grow for an experiment.
4. Mr Pitchford -------- the story onto the computer.
5. Liam -------- at the top of his voice.
6. To get to Ireland, we --------- across a rather choppy ocean!
7. The nasty dog --------- the children right out of the garden.
8. The heron ------ the fish away in it's beak.

Copy these sentences, adding a noun onto each one to make the sentence complete.

For example A blue chair.

1. A red ------.
2. The brown -------.
3. Lovely golden -------.
4. There was nothing but an empty ------.
5. A tiny, soft --------.
6. The warm --------.
7. A group of tall -------.
8. A silly, foolish ---------.

Copy these sentences, adding an adjective into each one to make the sentences complete.

For example The powerful lion pounced.

1. Peter opened the ------ parcel.
2. "Look at the ------ sea."
3. There are some --------- children around.
4. "Be careful outside," said Fred, "there's a ------- wind."
5. It looked like there had been a -------- accident.
6. "Go and wait by the ------ trees over there."
7. There was an ------- giant in our storybook.
8. "Please hand out the ------- books." Said Mr Cockcroft.

Copy this passage carefully into your books. Underline the verbs in one colour, the adjectives in another colour and the nouns in a different colour.

The children walked down to the beach. The sky was blue with only a few clouds dotted around. It was going to be a beautiful day. Bob, Tom and Kate were looking forward to building sandcastles. They each had a red bucket and green spade. All they had to do now was decide where the castle was going to be built.