GrammarYear 1Word Classes
Nouns and verbs
Recognise and use nouns (including proper nouns) and verbs in sentences
What you'll learn
- 1
A noun is the name of a person, place or thing — like 'cat', 'school' or 'Mum'.
- 2
Which of these is a noun — a name for a thing? 🐱
- 3
Look at this picture: The dog jumps. 🐶 'Dog' is the noun (who?), 'jumps' is the verb (what does it do?).
- 4
Tap the word that is a verb — a doing word.
- 5
Let's find the noun and verb in 'The bird sings.' 🐦
- 6
In 'The fish swims', what is the verb? 🐟
- 7
In 'The boy eats cake', what is the noun? 🧒
Practise Nouns and verbs with Whizlo
Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 5–6. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.