eens, Build : RITING iy é each kil N iow ls Now! TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives es —— a a person, place, thing — == “or idea. Se Verb a al =+ shows the action = Adjective —— +-describes nouns —e e e e e e e e © At the Pond . (Common nouns) 0.2... 0eeeeee ea People and Places e $ (common nouns) 2 @ At the Post Office @ — (Poper nouns) ....- 6. eeeee ee 3 @ Let's Celebrate! @ (Months and holidays) ...........4 @ Inthe Lunch Room @ (Plural nouns) ...... 5 @ A Funny Thing Happened © One Day @ (Nouns in sentences) ... 6 @ Nouns All Around © (Compound nouns) 7 ® Halloween Fun OS PRONIME 2 Ses igieidaivasmecen sd © Backyard Action e (Werhis)) Sse tc tata shiustanee ose. © Things People Do @ lerbs) 2322 hanes caseeenes: 10 § Yesterday and Today (ast forse) sii aes scakoiidies ul e e A Picnic Past (Irregular verbs) Our School Play (Helping verbs: am, is, are) At the Magic Show (Helping verbs: has and have) ..... County Fair (Helping verbs: was and were) . Rusty and Tickles at the Park (Verbs in sentences) One Day at the Anthill (Adjectives) Winter Fun (Adjectives) Puppet Theater (Adjectives in sentences) Our Animal Friends (Adjectives that compare) . Learning Extenders (Related Teaching Ideas) .... Answer Key ..... TIN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives, Grade 2 ISBN 1-58857-042-8 All rights reserved. Copyright © 2000 TeachNow.com LLC P.O. Box 57037 Number 448 Irvine,CA 92619-2619 Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives Grade 2 Table of Contents .20 21-22 23-24 NOTICE: The teacher may reproduce copies of materials in this book for his or her own classroom use ‘only. The reproduction of any part of these materials for any other person or organization, including but not limited to an entire school or school system, is strictly prohibited. Except as stated above, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, electronic or mechanical, ‘without prior written authorization from the publisher. For permission information or questions, please contact us by e-mail: rights @TeachNow.com. For all other information, please visit our website: www.TeachNow.com.Name ‘Common nouns At the Pond Nouns can name animals or things. Help the frog hop across the pond. Use a green crayon to color each lily pad that names an animal or a thing. Circle each noun that names an animal or a thing. 1. The frog hops over the log. 2. Fish swim in the lake. 3, The toad catches a fly. 4. The clouds move across the sky. @TeachNowcom wiww.TeachNow.com 1 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName ‘Common nouns People and Places Nouns can name people or places. Circle the nouns that name people and places in the sentences below. 1. My sister will come, too. 2. See the boy run. 3. The girl walks to school. 4. The teacher sits down. 5. The lady walks home. 6, My brother saw a snake. 7. Our friends wait in the hall. 8, My aunt is at the mall. Write the name of a place to complete each sentence. Use the words in the box to help you. (Use each word only once.) farm. school store airport bank lake town park 9. We put some money in the 10. We went sailing on the 11. lsee planes at the ____ 12, Cows and pigs live on a 13, There are trees and a pond in the $ 14, The girl livesina__ J A 15. We learn how to read in Be 16, We went shopping at the @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 2 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Proper nouns At the Post Office Proper nouns begin with capital letters. 1. Circle the proper nouns in the box below. Ms, Bradley letter California school Greenville Post Office Memorial Day sidewalk Mr. Sanchez week town stamp Monday Elm Street friend month 2. Use the proper nouns you circled to complete the paragraph. My friend’s mother, . took us to visit the . We talked to a post office worker, Some mail goes to states like__- Some mail goes to streets like . The day after tomorrow is . Itls a holiday, It will be Extra! Write your name, street name, and city and state on the envelope, @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 3 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Months and holidays Let’s Celebrate! January April July October February May August November March June September December The holidays listed below need capital letters. Write their names correctly, Then write the month in which each holiday occurs, Proper Name Month Lefeg doy Flag Day June valentine's day new year’s day columbus day thanksgiving SAR ON memorial day Complete the sentence with the name of a month. 7, People ice skate in . 8. Leaves fall off the trees in 9. Spring starts in Beceiee 10. Itis time for a swim in 11. My favorite holiday is in 12, My birthday is in @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 4 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Plural nouns In the Lunch Room Plural nouns name more than one person, place, animal, or thing. Add -s to some nouns when there is more than one. Write the noun that best completes the sentence. 1. Lalways get two of milk for lunch, carton cartons 2. | sit with three of my in the lunch room. friend — friends 3. Yesterday, | had an in my lunch box. apple apples 4, Today, | have a chocolate for dessert. cookie cookies Add -es to nouns that end in -s, -ss, -x, -sh, and -ch when there is more than one. Make each noun in the box plural. Then complete the sentences below. glass sandwich bus dish box . [made two for lunch. . Put the food on paper . We need two for our juice. . | will pack everything in two lunch Oo ON aA . After lunch, we get on our to go home. Extra! Look around your room, List five nouns. Make each one plural. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 5 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Nouns in sentences A Funny Thing Happened One Day _ na ; Sy a Fill in each blank with a noun. Write a silly story. One day, my friend went to the person place My friend saw a _. with a blue animal thing The followed my friend to the animal place When they got there, they went for a ride on a red thing All of a sudden, a great big___ Ss jumped on. They alll animal jumped off and another______ started to chase them. animal They ran until they came to a big __. The animal thing friends found a funny-looking . They all sat down thing ona and laughed and laughed and laughed, thing @TeachNowcom wiww.TeachNow.com 6 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Compound nouns Nouns All Around A compound word is made up of two nouns. Write a compound word for each picture and clue. Combine a word from the first box with a word from the second box. corn butter bow green sun bird rain straw flake snow blue house flower . This is a plant that is the color of the sun.. 5 6. This is a bird that is the color of the sky.. 7. Farmers grow corn in this large place.. 8 . Plants are grown in this special house.. Extra! Pick one of these words: sun, rain, or blue. Write as many compound words as you can. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 7 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Pronouns Halloween Fun A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Write pronouns to replace the words in dark print. Choose the correct pronoun from the box. he she they we it them 1, Last Halloween, Mary was a ghost.. 2 3 4 5 6 . Marie and Paco like to dunk for apples. . Leroy came to the party as a scary monster.__ . My friends and I will read scary stories. . We played a Halloween trick on Becky and Beau.. . Sandy thought the trick was funny. Be Creative! Write a scary Halloween story using these pronouns: |, our, you, us. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 8 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Verbs Backyard Action p R & Verbs are action words. Help the squirrel find the acorn. Use a green crayon to color each leaf that has a verb. 00 Oe j j 1, Rabbits across the lawn. 2. Acat down the steps. 3. The dog in the night. 4, Deer________—leaves. Be Creative! Pick a verb from the leaves above. Use it in a written sentence about the squirrel. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 9 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Verbs Things People Do Look at the picture. Write a verb to tell what each child is doing. I 2, S 4,5 se Mary a sandwich. Daniel a letter. 4, Chin in his bed. Rosa Try This! Draw a picture of your best friend. Write two sentences that tell what your friend likes to do after school. My Best Friend @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 10 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesSUC esate eaee cence eee eee Post tense Yesterday and Today Many verbs that tell about the past end in -ed. Write the past tense of each verb to tell what happened yesterday. Li . Today, we cook. Yesterday, we Cooked . 2. Today it rains, Yesterday, it 3. We play ball today. Yesterday, we 4. | mail a letter today. Yesterday, | a letter. 5, Sara picks a flower today. Sara a flower, \ 6. Doug walks to school today, Doug to school. 7, Mama sews a blouse today, Mama a blouse. 8, Papa rakes the leaves today, Papa the leaves. 9. My sister dances in a play. My sister in aplay. 10. Kayla helps me make lunch. Kayla me make lunch. Be Creative! Write something you will do today. | Write something you did yesterday. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com “ TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Inegular verbs A Picnic Past Some verbs that tell about the past do not end in -ed. They use different word forms to show the past tense. Choose the correct verb to complete each sentence. 1, Yesterday, my family and | to a town picnic. go went 2. Our friends Scott and Debbie , too. come came 3. We ponies at the picnic. tide rode 4. Then we _. hot dogs and fries. eat ate 5. Last night, | really well. slept sleep Draw a line to match the present tense verb with the past tense verb. 6. bend took 7. run flew 8. take bent 9. grow built 10, fly ran 11. build kept 12. keep grew @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 2 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Helping verbs: om, is, are Our School Play Some verbs are called helping One More than One verbs. Verbs like am, is, and are lam You are tell about what is happening He is We are now. She is They are It is Write the helping verb that completes each sentence. 1. We having a class play. are is 2. Bill and Sue practicing their parts for the play. are is 3. Jill making invitations for the play. are Is Write the helping verb that completes each sentence. 4, Nora and Sam making costumes. | painting the props. . My friend __ _ helping me. . My aunt. coming to the play, ON aa It going to be a good play. On Your Own! Write two sentences about the picture. Use is and are in your sentences. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 2 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Helping verbs: has and have At the Magic Show Verbs like have and has tell One More than One about things that are | have You have happening in the present. He has We have She has They have It has Write a story about the magic show. Match a word from the first box with words from the second box. Use has or have to make complete sentences. He She a magic wand. tickets to the magic show. | They a trick scarf. seats in the front row. We You a rabbit in a hat. popcorn for the show. One Day at the Magic Show Alf 2 3 4. 5 6 Extra! Write a sentence about a magician. Use the word has in your sentence. (t @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com “4 TNN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Helping verbs: was and were County Fair Verbs like was and were tell More than One about what has happened You were in the past. We were They were Write the verb that completes each sentence. 1, We at the fair yesterday. was were Zelis happy about going to the fair. was were 3. Some of our friends at the fair, too. was were Write the past tense verb that completes each sentence. 4, My friends taking pictures of us. 5. Our pictures very funny. 6. My parents in the pictures, too. Ail _ glad we went to the fair. 8. It a lot of fun. On Your Own! Write two sentences about the picture. Use was and were in your sentences. @TeachNowcom wiww.TeachNow.com 15 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName \Verbs in sentences Rusty and Tickles at the Park Read the story. Underline the verbs that are in the present tense. Circle the verbs that are in the past tense. Then fill in the chart. Bobby and Hannah go to the park every day after school. They take their dog Rusty with them. Rusty runs around the park and barks. The other day, Rusty fell into the pond. He was soaking wet. Bobby and Hannah laughed all the way home. Sometimes their cat Tickles follows them to the park, Tickles chases the other cats. Yesterday, Tickles hid behind a bush. She jurnped out at another big cat. The cat meowed at Tickles and ran away. Bobby and Hannah think their pets are a lot of fun at the park. 1. Present 2. Past Be Creative! Write two more sentences about Rusty and Tickles at the park. Circle all the verbs in your sentences. @TeachNowcom wiww.TeachNow.com 16 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Adjectives One Day at the Anthill Adjectives are words that tell about nouns. Adjectives can be colors or numbers. Some adjectives tell about the size or shape of a thing. Circle the adjectives and connect them. Help Annie Ant find her way out of the anthill. green insect pond big cloud On Your Own! Pick an adjective from the box. Write a sentence about Annie Ant. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com ” four flat many flower TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesNCI eee esses eee are eee ene eee eee Adjectives Winter Fun Adjectives tell what kind. Write the adjective in each sentence. 1. It is a sunny day outside. 2, We built a large snowman. 3. | wore warm mittens. 4, My friend has on a furry hat. ie 5. After we play, we will have a hot drink. Circle the nouns in the sentences below, Then find the adjectives that describe the nouns. Write them on the lines, shiny deep happy warm steep 6. Dale has a new sled. 7, He slid down the hill. 8. Becky wearsa_____ scarf. ; Q 9.Weduga_____hole in the nou = 10. Our smiling snowman has a face. Be Creative! Draw a picture showing something you do in winter. Write two sentences about your picture. Use four adjectives. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 18 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Adjectives in sentences Puppet Theater Circle the adjectives in the sentences. Rewrite the sentences using different adjectives. 1. Billy made a big funny puppet. Billy made a puppet. 2, Each puppet has red curly hair. Each puppethas. . I, 3. There are five blue puppets on the stage. There are puppets on the stage. 4. My puppet wears a pretty new smock. My puppet wears a smock. Extra Fun! Describe a puppet you would like to have. Fill in the blanks with adjectives. Then draw a picture of your puppet. My Puppet My puppet has a big ___ _ face. He has __ hair and a funny nose. My puppet is dressed in a pair of pants and a shirt. He is wearing shoes, | can make my puppet do a dance. | am going to make my puppet a hat, @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 19 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesName Adjectives that compare Our Animal Friends Some adjectives compare two nouns. Add -er to compare two things. green—greener Add -est to compare three or more things. short—shorter—shortest 1, A mouse is (small) than a cat. 2. My cat is (young) than my dog. 3. My parrot is (loud) than my parakeet. 4. A rabbit is (fast) than a turtle. 5. A snail is the (slow) of them all. 6. Tia’s hamster is the (old) one in the group. 7. Bill’s dog is (fall) than my dog. 8. Marcy's cat can jump (high) of all the cats. Try This! Draw a picture of your favorite animal. Pick one of the adjectives above. Write two sentences about the animal using -er and -est. My Favorite Animal @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 20 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesLearning Extenders ‘A. NOUN PICTIONARY (Identifying nouns) Have students cut out pictures of nouns from magazines to make a pictionary book. First have them staple together several sheets of paper to make a booklet. Direct students to write the letters of the alphabet on the pages. Then have them paste their noun pictures on the appropriate pages. CONCENTRATION (Identifying plural nouns ) Make up a set of 12 to 20 index cards. Write nouns and their matching plural forms on separate cards. Include plurals that add -s and -es. Have students arrange the cards face down on a table in rows and columns. Then have them take turns turning over two cards. If the noun and plural form match, the student keeps the card pair and takes another turn. If the cards do not match, the student turns the cards back over and the partner takes a turn. The partner with the most pairs after the cards have all been matched wins the game. Variation: You may use pairs of nouns on cards that make up a compound word when put together. A STORY CHART (Identifying parts of speech) Distribute copies of children’s readers to small groups of students. Have students make a chart with three columns labeled Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives. Have students read through a story and identify all the nouns, verbs, and adjectives they can find. Let pairs work together to make a Parts of Speech chart for the story. @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com NOUNS AND VERBS (Writing action verbs ) Write the names of different animals on index cards. Pass out several cards to small groups of students. Then have groups work together to write simple sentences using action verbs that tell about each animal. VERB CHARADES (Using action verbs in a sentence) Write some action verbs on index cards (examples: sit, ump, bend, throw, read, skip, laugh, and cry). Divide the class into small groups and give each group a set of cards. Have students choose a card and take turns acting out the verb they chose. When group members successfully guess the verb, have students work together to use the verb in a sentence, such as “Carly skips down the hall” or “Jason reads a book.” TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesACTION HEROES (Verbs and past tense) Cut out pictures from magazines that show people or animals in action--for example, a rider on horseback jumping over a fence, a cheetah running, or a cat climbing a tree. Distribute the pictures to the class, and have each student write a sentence about one of the pictures. Tell them to use present tense action verbs in their sentences. Then have students write a second sentence about the same picture using action verbs in the past tense, NAME GAME (Nouns and adjectives) Play a guessing game with children in which you describe an object using adjectives. For example, you may say “I am thinking of a noun. It is red and round.” Students may guess apple. For each guess that is incorrect, add another noun. In this example, you can say: "| am thinking of a noun that is red, round, and small.” Students can guess cherry, Which is correct.When you are finished, have small groups of children play the game. You may pass out index cards with nouns written on them to get them started. A SCAVENGER HUNT (Identifying common and proper nouns) Write the names of people, places, and common nouns on index cards and hide them around the classroom. Have small groups of students go on a scavenger hunt to find as many noun cards as they can. When groups have found all the cards, have eccee @TeachNow.com www.TeachNow.com evccccccvce students gather as a class. Ask students who have names of things to hold up their cards. Then have students hold up cards that name people and then places. | AM TAKING A TRIP (Using nouns and adjectives) Play a game with small groups of students. Start by saying you are going ona trip and are taking a blue notebook. Have the next student repeat your phrase and add an item, using a descriptive adjective before the noun. For example, the student might say: |am going on a trip and | am taking a blue notebook and a red pencil. Each student in turn adds another item. GRAB BAG (Nouns, verbs, and adjectives) Place index cards with a variety of nouns, verbs, and adjectives written on them in a bag. Have a student pick two cards from the bag, then make up a sentence using the two cards. Divide the class into groups of four or five students. Have groups combine their words to write a story using as many nouns, verbs, and adjectives as possible. Encourage them to add their own words to their stories. Then invite volunteers to read their stories aloud eocce TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives eocccce 22Answer Key Ceecccccccvccccccscccccecceosceeeeenccooeele Page 4 Page 8 I. Flag Day, june 1. she 2. Valentine's Day, February 2. They 3. New Year's Day, January 3. He 4, Columbus Day, October 4. We 5. Thanksgiving, November 5. them 6. Memorial Day, May 6 it 7-12. Answers will vary. Accept all reasonable answers. Page 9 I 2 I, Page 5 3. toad, fly |. cartons 4. clouds, sky 2. friends > kay a> Ke> & 3. apple Page 2 4. cookie I. sister 5. sandwiches 2. boy 6. dishes 3. girl, school 7. glasses 4. teacher 8. boxes 5. lady, home 9. buses 1. hop t 6. brother 2. races 7. friends, hall Page & 3. howls 8. aunt, mall Answers will vary. Students 4 cat 9. bank should write nouns for persons, 10. lake places, animals, and things. Page 10 I. airport |. eats 12. farm Page 7 2. writes 13. park. |. snowflake 3. sleeps 14, town 2. strawberry 4. reads 15. school 3. butterfly 16. store 4. rainbow Page I! 5. sunflower I. cooked Page 3 6. bluebird 2. rained |. Ms. Bradley, Elm Street, 7. cornfield 3. played Greenville Post Office, B. greanbiouse 4. mailed Mr. Sanchez, California, Extra! Possible answers: 5. picked Memorial Day, Monday sunshine, rainbow, blueberry 6. walked 2. Ms. Bradley, Greenville Post 7. sewed Office, Mr. Sanchez, 8. raked California, Elm Street, 9. danced 10. helped Monday, Memorial Day eocccce ecccccce @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com 23 TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and AdjectivesPage 12 Page 15 Page 18 Le went I. were I. sunny 2. came 2. was 2. large 3. rode 3. were 3..warm 4. ate 4. were 4. furry 5.slept 5. were Shot 6. bend-bent 6. were 6. shiny 7. run-ran 7. was 7. steep 8. take-took 8. was 8. warm 9. grow-grew 9. deep 10. fly-flew Page 16 10. happy 11. build-built |. go, take, runs, barks, follows, 12. keep-kept chases, think, are Page 19 Brain Bender! Possible 2. fell, was, laughed, hid, jumped, |—4. Answers will vary. Students answers: blew, drew meowed, ran should fil nthe blanks with adjectives. Page 13 Page 17 Extra Fun! Answers will vary. lL. are Students should fill in the blanks 2 are with adjectives. 3. is 4. are Page 20 5. am 1. smaller 6 is 2. younger 7. are 3. louder 8 is 4. faster le ) 5. slowest Page 14 “Sse, 6. oldest Answers will vary.Accept all 7. taller reasonable answers. 8. highest Possible sentences: |. He has a magic wand. 2 have a trick scarf 3. She has a rabbit in the hat. 4. We have tickets to the magic show. 5. They have seats in the front row. 6. You have popcorn for the show. Perec rcccvccsvcrnecnvessesssessessesssnssees @TeachNowcom www. TeachNow.com TN-3203 Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives