Nouns and Verbs

4th grade ELA

Ms. Marriott

Objectives

Students will learn the meaning of a noun.

Students will learn the meaning of a verb.
Students will be able to pick out the noun in a given
sentence.
Students will be able to pick out the verb in a given
sentence.

South Carolina
College and Career
Ready Standards for
ELA

Standard 4: Demonstrate command of the

conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
4.1 When writing: a. show knowledge of the
function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs.

What is a noun?
person
place
thing
A noun is a _________,
_________,
or _________.

What is a verb?
action word

A verb is an _____________.

Run

Walk

Jump

Categorize It!
Noun

Verb

Restaurant (place)

Run

Pencil (thing)

Jump

School (place)

Skip

Mom (person)

Talk

Teacher (person)

Write

Doctor (person)

Fall

Banana (person)

Fly

How to locate the noun in a sentence

The noun names the person, place, or thing that the sentence is about.
The noun usually comes before the verb.
The noun is also called the subject of the sentence.
When trying to find the noun in the sentence ask yourself, Who did it?

Lets practice! Read the following sentence and ask yourself who did it? to find
the noun, or the subject.

The man drove his car.

How to locate the verb in a sentence

The verb describes an action.
The verb usually comes after the noun.
The verb is also called the predicate of a sentence.
When trying to find the verb in the sentence ask yourself, What did they (he,
she, it) do?

Lets practice! Read the following sentence and ask yourself what did they do? to
find the verb, or the predicate.

The man ran.

Is the bolded word a noun or a verb?

The man wrote a letter.

Noun

The football player ran down the field.

Verb

The bird flew in the air.

The baseball player swung the bat.
She wore a dress to the party.
My mom walked me to school.

Noun
Verb
Noun
Verb