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Nouns as Adjectives WorksheetNouns as Adjectives Worksheet
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Nouns as Adjectives

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Sometimes nouns can do the work of adjectives! Young language arts pupils analyze ten noun phrases and determine which contain adjectives, and which contain nouns that describe other nouns.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

nouns, adjectives, parts of speech, noun phrases

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have class members come up with their own list of noun phrases
  • Project onto the whiteboard for the class to complete together

Classroom Considerations

  • Part of the worksheet is in color, but should print well in black and white

Pros

  • Introduces a creative way to think about adjectives
  • Provides an answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.4.1.a L.5.1.a

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