<p> NOUNS-VERBS-ADJECTIVES NAME: DATE: PERIOD:</p><p>DIRECTIONS: Underline once the nouns, twice the verbs, and circle the adjectives.</p><p>NOUNS – person, place, thing, or idea. VERBS – action word. Something you can do. Non-action verbs – am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, be, been, being, get, got, would, could, should, etc. ADJECTIVE – word that describes or modifies a noun or another adjective.</p><p>1. Tim went to the store to eat some candy.</p><p>2. Since I like eggs, I eat them every day.</p><p>3. Girls are stronger than boys.</p><p>4. Michigan is far away from Pennsylvania, as it shows on the map.</p><p>5. Whenever I get tired, I stop near a street light and go to sleep.</p><p>6. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.</p><p>7. Bill is a fast learner who eats chocolate ice cream in large buckets.</p><p>8. Every April Fools’ Day we look for Easter eggs under the Christmas tree.</p><p>9. I work out at the gym every Thursday of every other month.</p><p>10. Black onions are rotten to the core, said the owner of the ugly gray diner. NOUNS-VERBS-ADJECTIVES #2</p><p>NAME: DATE: PERIOD:</p><p>DIRECTIONS: Underline once the nouns, twice the verbs, and circle the adjectives.</p><p>NOUNS – person, place, thing, or idea. VERBS – action word. Something you can do. Non-action verbs – am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, be, been, being, get, got, would, could, should, etc. ADJECTIVE – word that describes or modifies a noun or another adjective.</p><p>1. The rabid dog bit my terrified sister on her right leg.</p><p>2. Since taking the SAT exam in early January, I have worried about getting into Harvard, the best </p><p> school in this country.</p><p>3. In the back of my worried mind, I fear the presence of a thunder cloud followed by hard, slashing rain.</p><p>4. Jim went to the grocery stores this morning to buy some canned peaches and dried apricots.</p><p>5. The Pittsburgh Steelers are my favorite football team because they play aggressively.</p><p>6. When I go to the shopping mall my grandfather points at the windows at the pretty clothes and the </p><p> expensive furniture as drool drips down his wrinkly chin.</p><p>7. Trevor thinks he is sly because he acts cool and calm when he talks to the girls in his history class. TESTS FOR ADJECTIVES</p><p>They are ususally before a noun or after a linking verb (am, is, are, was, were, etc.)\</p><p>A. BEFORE A NOUN a. The ______man lost his ______cat last night.</p><p> b. My ______house is located in the back of our ______development.</p><p>B. AFTER A LINKING VERB TO MODIFY THE NOUN BEFORE THE VERB. a. Sam is ______when he talks to strangers.</p><p> b. The kids were ______after Mom yelled at them.</p><p> c. The color of the old house was ______while the new house is ______.</p><p>TESTS FOR Verbs</p><p>Things you can DO. Ie. I can run, so it’s a verb. I can cook, so it’s a verb.</p><p>CIRCLE THE VERBS sing dance fear count bird electric electrify taunt image imagine number numbers friendship befriend alert</p>