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Nouns & Verbs (Grades 1-2)
Free Printable Nouns and Verbs Worksheets (Grades 1-2)
The first grammar a child meets, and the pair everything later rests on. These sheets also handle the thing most worksheets skip: plenty of words are both. Play is a verb in “we play outside” and a noun in “the play was funny.”
Nouns and Verbs - Grades 1-2
What a noun is
1.Which word is a noun - a person, place, or thing?
The four words
eatkiteobeywrite
2.Which word is a noun - a person, place, or thing?
The four words
bringobeysewsock
3.Which word is a noun - a person, place, or thing?
The four words
askbuycoweat
4.Which word is a noun - a person, place, or thing?
The four words
explainfoxobeyteach
Common and proper nouns
5.One word in this sentence is missing its capital letter. Which word is it?
Everybody remembers their first trip to chicago.
6.One word in this sentence is missing its capital letter. Which word is it?
We go to the library every sunday.
7.One word in this sentence is missing its capital letter. Which word is it?
My best friend is named maya.
What a verb is
8.Which word is a verb - a word that tells what somebody does?
The four words
basketmeadowsendwindow
9.Which word is a verb - a word that tells what somebody does?
The four words
celebratedeskkitchenlamp
10.Which word is a verb - a word that tells what somebody does?
The four words
airplaneeggsendwindow
11.Which word is a verb - a word that tells what somebody does?
The four words
airplanedeliverfarmervan
Finding the verb in a sentence
12.Which word in this sentence is the verb?
The pig hid behind a broken fence.
13.Which word in this sentence is the verb?
A fox ran across the frozen meadow.
14.Which word in this sentence is the verb?
Our grandmother baked a strawberry pie.
One word, two jobs
15.Every sentence below has one word in bold. In three of them that word is doing a noun's job. In which one is the bold word a verb?
16.Every sentence below has one word in bold. In three of them that word is doing a noun's job. In which one is the bold word a verb?
17.Every sentence below has one word in bold. In three of them that word is doing a noun's job. In which one is the bold word a verb?
Making the verb match
18.Which one of these sentences is written correctly?
19.Which one of these sentences is written correctly?
20.Which one of these sentences is written correctly?
Answer Key
1.kite
2.sock
3.cow
4.fox
5.chicago
6.sunday
7.maya
8.send
9.celebrate
10.send
11.deliver
12.hid
13.ran
14.baked
15.We <b>fish</b> at the lake in July.
16.We <b>play</b> outside after lunch.
17.They <b>brush</b> the pony every day.
18.My brother washes the dishes.
19.My shoe is wet.
20.My cousins are drawing a picture.
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Do they include an answer key?
Every worksheet has a full answer key at the bottom of the page.
What grades are these nouns and verbs worksheets for?
They are designed for grades 1 and 2.
Does my child need to read the questions alone?
No. Print it and read the instructions aloud if that is what the sheet needs - at these ages the point is the skill, not whether they can decode the directions.
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