Word Jobs: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives

About This Resource

A free Grade 2 ESL grammar worksheet on three word types: nouns (people, places, animals and things), verbs (action words) and adjectives (describing words). Children sort words into three groups, find the noun, verb or adjective in a sentence, complete sentences with the right type of word and write their own sentence. Includes a timed lesson plan, a six-activity worksheet, an editable Word version and answer key.

Overview

Every word in a sentence has a job. Nouns name people, places, animals and things (girl, park, cat, ball). Verbs tell us the action (run, eat, jump). Adjectives describe a noun (big, red, happy). Children learn a simple test for each one: Can I see or touch it? Can I do it? Does it tell me what something is like? They sort words, find each word type in short sentences, complete sentences and build a sentence of their own with an adjective, a noun and a verb.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
Category: Grammar
File Type: PDF
File Size: 227.2 KB
Published: 12 Nov 2026
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Grade 2 ESL (ages 7–8), A1 40 minutes Grammar vocabulary reading sentence writing

Student Task

Write The big dog runs. Ask: "Which word is a thing? Which is an action? Which describes?"
Do activities 1 and 2 together, using the three questions for each word.
Children complete activities 3 to 6. Answers are in the answer key.

Classroom Use

Word job actions: say a word; children touch their head for a noun, run on the spot for a verb and smile for an adjective.
Sentence builder: give each group noun, verb and adjective cards to build sentences such as The small cat sleeps.
Color code: children underline nouns in blue, verbs in red and adjectives in green in a short text.

Differentiation

Support: start with nouns and verbs only and use picture cards. Challenge: children add two adjectives to a sentence (The big, brown dog runs.).

Answer Key & Assessment

Activities 1 to 5 check identifying and using nouns, verbs and adjectives (answer key included). Activity 6 shows whether children can build a sentence with all three.

Learning Objectives

Explain what nouns, verbs and adjectives are.
Find nouns, verbs and adjectives in simple sentences.
Write a sentence with an adjective, a noun and a verb.

Teacher Tips

Some words can be more than one type (a swim, to swim). For this lesson, use words that have one clear job in each sentence. Keep sentences in the present simple so children can focus on the word types.

What's Included

6-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (6 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Editable Word version of the worksheet
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)