Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
📋 What it is
Nouns name (person/place/thing/idea), verbs do (action or being), adjectives describe nouns.
🗣️ Coach says
These three are the LEGO bricks of every sentence. Nouns are the “things”, verbs are what they “do” or “are”, and adjectives dress the nouns up. Spot the noun and the verb and you’ve found the sentence’s engine.
🧠 Memory hook
Noun = name it. Verb = do it. Adjective = describe it.
😂 Giggle
Why did the comma break up with the period?
Because it needed more pauses in the relationship, not full stops!
😲 Whoa!
The most common noun in English is “time”, and the most common verb is “be” — you use both dozens of times a day without noticing.
✅ Quick check: In “The fluffy dog barked,” name the adjective, the noun, and the verb.
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Adjective = fluffy (describes dog), noun = dog (names the thing), verb = barked (the action).
Adjectives modify nouns; the noun is the subject; the verb is what it does.
🪄 Trick question: In “She runs fast,” is “fast” an adjective?
Careful — think it through, then reveal.
No — “fast” describes the verb “runs” (how she runs), so it’s an adverb, not an adjective.
Adjectives describe nouns; words describing verbs are adverbs.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Look around the room and build a 3-word sentence: adjective + noun + verb (“red ball rolled”). Make three.