Nouns versus Verbs for Kids

hey there young authors do you want to know the difference between a noun and a verb well I'm Mrs Brown and I'm going to tell you today today you'll walk away knowing the answers to these questions what are nouns and verbs how do they work together in a sentence let's get started my friends first up nouns nouns are the names of people places things activities or ideas they help us identify who or what we are talking about can you think of some examples let's look at a few here are some examples of nouns student store cat and ball are all nouns because they are the names of things or beings easy right now let's talk about verbs verbs are action words they show what someone or something is doing for example example runs in this sentence is the verb it tells us what the noun man is doing I sure hope he gets away check out these action words jump run laugh and eat are all verbs because they describe actions can you think of more verbs now let's see how nouns and verbs work together in sentences first start with a noun in this example we'll start with the noun girl next we'll ask the question the girl does what the answer eats is our verb because eats shows the action it tells us what the noun girl is doing in step three put the noun and verb together to form a complete sentence the noun girl and verb eats join together make the complete sentence the girl eats let's try another first start with a noun in this example we'll start with a proper noun instead of saying the boy we'll use his name Sam next we'll ask the question Sam does what the answer reads is our verb because it shows action reads tells us what Sam is doing in step three we put the noun and verb together to form a complete sentence the noun Sam and the verb reads joined together make the complete sentence Sam reads it's that easy time for a quiz everyone I'll say a word and you'll tell me if it's a noun or a verb apple is Apple a noun or a verb you have three seconds to to decide 3 2 1 Apple is a noun it's a thing eat is eat a noun or a verb you have three seconds to decide 3 2 1 eat is a verb eat is something a noun can do dance dance is dance a noun or a verb you have three seconds to decide three two one dance is a verb dance is something a noun can do last one bird bird is bird a noun or a verb you have three seconds 3 2 1 bird is a noun bird is a thing an animal here's what you learned today A noun is a person place thing activity or idea a verb shows action and nouns and verbs work together to make sentences remember to like subscribe share and follow for more and if you like some help with writing join my writing team I'm Mrs Brown and I'll see you next time my friends

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Published: Tue Oct 24 2023