Year 6 · SPaG · Autumn: Word classes
Year 6 word classes together worksheet and PowerPoint
To identify any word class in a sentence and to explain how you know.
Word classes together
Every word belongs to a word class, and the same word can be a different class in a different sentence. Ask what job the word is doing.
| noun, pronoun | names or stands in for a person, place, thing or idea |
|---|---|
| verb | an action or state |
| adjective, adverb | describe a noun / tell more about a verb |
| determiner, preposition, conjunction | the little words that build the sentence: the, under, because |
Examples
- The old farmer quickly closed the gate because it was raining.
Key words
- noun
- names a person, place, thing or idea
- verb
- an action or state
- adjective
- describes a noun
- adverb
- tells more about a verb
- pronoun
- takes the place of a noun
- preposition
- relates a noun to another word
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write a sentence with at least ten words that contains all eight word classes. Label each word with its class.
Pupil target: I can name the word class of any word in a sentence.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the word classes together PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 8 of 72 in the Year 6 SPaG scheme, in the Autumn term, block “Word classes”. It is taught before the SATs grammar test in May.
Other lessons in this block
- Nouns and verbs
- Adjectives and adverbs
- Pronouns
- Determiners, conjunctions and prepositions
- Subjects and objects
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