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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
climblettersketchwhisper
2.Which word is a noun - a person, place, or thing?
The four words
doctorlistensketchswim
3.Which word is a noun - a person, place, or thing?
The four words
bookbuildclimbgather
4.Which word is a noun - a person, place, or thing?
The four words
cityclimbgatherwhisper
Common and proper nouns
5.Which one is a common noun - a kind of thing rather than one particular one?
The four words
MayaOhio RiverPacific Oceancity
6.Which one is a proper noun - the name of one particular person, place, or thing?
The four words
Chicagodogenginemountain
7.Which one is a proper noun - the name of one particular person, place, or thing?
The four words
Pacific Oceanislandmountainteacher
What a verb is
8.Which word is a verb - something you can do?
The four words
farmerforestmountainswim
9.Which word is a verb - something you can do?
The four words
climbenginefarmerisland
10.Which word is a verb - something you can do?
The four words
engineforestmountainswim
11.Which word is a verb - something you can do?
The four words
climbforestsandwichteacher
Finding the verb in a sentence
12.Which word in this sentence is the verb?
The river froze in January.
13.Which word in this sentence is the verb?
Snow covered the whole field.
14.Which word in this sentence is the verb?
My sister reads every night.
One word, two jobs
15.In three of these sentences the underlined kind of word is doing a verb's job. In which sentence is the word acting as a noun - a person, place, or thing?
16.In three of these sentences the underlined kind of word is doing a verb's job. In which sentence is the word acting as a noun - a person, place, or thing?
17.In three of these sentences the underlined kind of word is doing a verb's job. In which sentence is the word acting as a noun - a person, place, or thing?
Making the verb match
18.Which verb agrees with the naming part of this sentence?
That box heavy.
19.Which verb agrees with the naming part of this sentence?
The bird in the tree.
20.Which verb agrees with the naming part of this sentence?
My shoe wet.
Answer Key
1.letter
2.doctor
3.book
4.city
5.city
6.Chicago
7.Pacific Ocean
8.swim
9.climb
10.swim
11.climb
12.froze
13.covered
14.reads
15.The fish swam away.
16.The play was funny.
17.The brush is on the shelf.
18.is
19.sings
20.is
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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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