2 Nouns, verbs and adjectives TV actors work very

long days and we

start work very early.
1 a Look at Kari Matchett’s sentence from the Student’s Book.
Fill in gaps 1–3 with the words in bold.
long
1 actors is a noun. 2 start is a verb. 3 is an adjective.
b Look at these sentences from the Student’s Book. Are words 1–12 nouns,
verbs or adjectives?
a I’m not very 1good in the 2morning, so it’s always 3difficult!
b It’s Liam’s 4birthday next 5week. What shall we 6get him?
c I’m always 7happy and I 8have a lot of 9energy.
d When I 10go to a 11party I always 12stay to the end.
1 adjective 4 noun 7 adjective 10 verb
2 noun 5 noun 8 verb 11 noun
3 adjective 6 verb 9 noun 12 verb

2 a Look at these words from the Student’s Book. Write them in the table.

young car have noun verb adjective

difficult write suitcase car have young
see France beautiful suitcase write difficult
cinema favourite buy France see beautiful
important laptop aunt cinema buy favourite
leave French eat laptop leave important
aunt eat French
b Fill in the gaps with words from 2a.

1 That’s my favourite dress. 5 I’ve got two uncles and one aunt .
2 I always go to the cinema at the weekend. 6 We often eat out on Friday evenings.
3 What time do you usually leave home? 7 Pierre’s brothers live in France .
4 Do you often write emails to your sister? 8 That’s an important and a difficult question.

3 a Tick the words you know. These words can all be nouns and verbs.
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drink work watch sleep phone cook

b Are the words in bold nouns or verbs?

1 Do you watch TV in the evenings?
2 I haven’t got a watch. noun
3 I’ve got a lot of work to do. noun
4 Where do you work? verb
5 I don’t drink beer or wine. verb
6 Would you like to go for a drink? noun
verb 7 Have you got a mobile phone? noun
8 I phone my mother every day. verb
9 I always sleep for eight hours a night. verb
10 My baby has a sleep every afternoon. noun
11 Do you cook every day? verb
12 Our uncle is a very good cook. noun

4 a Work on your own. Write four verbs, four nouns and four adjectives you know on
a piece of paper. Don’t write them in order.
b Work in pairs. Swap papers. Are your partner’s words verbs, nouns or adjectives?
c Compare your answers with your partner. Are they correct?

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