Winter Word Classes
The words that we use when writing can be organised into different ‘word classes’.
It is important that we know the names of these different types of words and the job/s that
they have in a sentence.
• Nouns are the names of things, objects, people and places (e.g. table, Ballymena,
Nora, fox). In sentences, the person or thing performing an action can also be known
as the subject.
• Verbs can describe an action (e.g. laugh, crawl), emotion (e.g. loves, hates), thought
(e.g. thinks), opinion (e.g. believes) or state of being (e.g. am, is, are, was, were).
• Adjectives are words that describe nouns (e.g. steep hill, crumbling building,
three biscuits).
• An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. They tell us how, where, when, how
much or how often something happens, happened or will happen (e.g. dimly, tomorrow,
westward, usually)
• Pronouns are words that can take the place of a noun, so that we can avoid repetition of
the same word or name (e.g. he, hers, their, them).
• Prepositions are linking words that inform us where something is in time or space (e.g.
under the chair, beside the door, after breakfast).
Be careful! There are words that can fit into more than
one class, so we have to think carefully about their job in
that sentence. For example, the word ‘fish’ can be a noun
or a verb.
I like to fish in the lake beside my house.
The fish swam around my feet.
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Task 1
Read these sentences carefully. Think about the job that each selected word is doing in that
particular sentence and write the correct word class on the line.
Word Classes
noun verb adjective adverb pronoun preposition
1. Luke dragged the red sledge behind him as he trudged up the slippery hill.
dragged behind slippery
2. Rachel wrapped her fluffy scarf tightly around her neck as the wind howled around her.
Rachel tightly her
3. The children contentedly sipped hot chocolate as they curled up in front of the fire.
children contentedly they
4. When temperatures drop, the robin often puffs up its feathers in order to trap a layer of
warm air beneath them.
often warm beneath
5. Whooper swans from Iceland fly south in the winter and migrate to Northern Ireland.
Iceland south migrate
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Task 2
Write five of your own winter-themed sentences.
Find and write examples of the selected word classes in your sentence.
1. Include a verb, preposition and adjective.
verb preposition adjective
2. Include a noun, adjective and adverb.
noun adjective adverb
3. Include a noun, verb and pronoun.
noun verb pronoun
4. Include an adjective, adverb and preposition.
adjective preposition adverb
5. Include a verb, noun and pronoun.
verb noun pronoun
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Winter Word Classes Answers
Task 1
1. Luke dragged the red sledge behind him as he trudged up the slippery hill.
dragged verb behind preposition slippery adjective
2. Rachel wrapped her fluffy scarf tightly around her neck as the wind howled around her.
Rachel noun tightly adverb her pronoun
3. The children contentedly sipped hot chocolate as they curled up in front of the fire.
children noun contentedly adverb they pronoun
4. When temperatures drop, the robin often puffs up its feathers in order to trap a layer of
warm air beneath them.
often adverb warm adjective beneath preposition
5. Whooper swans from Iceland fly south in the winter and migrate to Northern Ireland.
Iceland noun south adverb migrate verb
Task 2
1. Pupils’ own sentences that include and identify a verb, preposition and adjective.
2. Pupils’ own sentences that include and identify a noun, adjective and adverb.
3. Pupils’ own sentences that include and identify a noun, verb and pronoun.
4. Pupils’ own sentences that include and identify an adjective, adverb and preposition.
5. Pupils’ own sentences that include and identify a verb, noun and pronoun.
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