Grade 2 English Language Arts · Level 6, Enter Grade 3 with introductory decoding, fluency, and language-analysis skills. Easy patterns only.

Grade 3 Bridge: Explain Word Functions

Identify the job that a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or adverb is doing in a simple sentence.

How the lesson starts: Grade 3 Bridge: Explain Word Functions

Ada's Word Job Fair
Welcome to the Word Job Fair! Ada the owl hands out job badges. Every word in a sentence has a job. Some words name things. Some words show action. Let's meet the workers!
Five jobs
A noun names a person or thing. A verb shows what someone does. An adjective tells what kind. An adverb tells how it is done. A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
Ada gives a badge
The happy rabbit hops quickly. What is the job of happy? Ask, does it name? No. Does it show doing? No. It tells what kind of rabbit. A happy one! So happy tells what kind it is.