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Sorting Nouns - Worksheet

In English Grammar Nouns Parts of Speech

PDF | 1 page|Grades: 3 - 5

A cut and arrange activity which involves students using their grammar skill to sort through nouns and categorise them.

This teaching resource includes 40 nouns that need to be sorted evenly into four groups; person, place, thing and animal.

Students may need assistance with the vocabulary, so a device may need to be at hand to help them learn new words.

NSW Curriculum alignment

EN2-5A
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letterâ€“sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
In English Stage 2 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing
EN2-9B
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
In English Stage 2 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
EN3-6B
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
In English Stage 3 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCELA261
Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreement
In English Level 3 Writing Language
VCELA280
Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activity
In English Level 4 Reading and Viewing Language
VCELA292
Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases
In English Level 4 Writing Language
VCELA293
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources, including vocabulary encountered in research, into own texts
In English Level 4 Writing Language
VCELA324
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea
In English Level 5 Writing Language
VCELA325
Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
In English Level 5 Writing Language

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACELA1481
Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreementElaborationsknowing that a clause is basically a group of words that contains a verb (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative ...
In English Year 3 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1484
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbsElaborationsexploring examples of language which demonstrate a range of feelings and positions, and building a vocabulary to express judgments abo...
In English Year 3 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1486
Recognise and know how to write most high frequency words including some homophonesElaborationsdrawing on meaning and context to spell single-syllable homophones, for example âbreakâ or âbrakeâ and âateâ or âeightâ...
In English Year 3 Language Phonics and word knowledge
ACELA1493
Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrasesElaborationscreating richer, more specific descriptions through the use of noun groups/phrases (for examp...
In English Year 4 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1495
Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activityElaborationsinvestigating in texts how adverb group/phrases and prepositional phrases can provide details of the ...
In English Year 4 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1498
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into studentsâ own texts including vocabulary encountered in researchElaborationsbuilding etymological knowledge about word origins (for example 'thermometer') and building vocabulary from resea...
In English Year 4 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1508
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or ideaElaborationslearning how to expand a description by combining a related set of nou...
In English Year 5 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1512
Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contextsElaborationsmoving from general, ‘all-purpose’ words, for example ‘cut’, to more sp...
In English Year 5 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1780
Read and write a large core of high frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spellingElaborationsusing meaning and context to determine the spelling of homophones, for example âthereâ and âth...
In English Year 4 Language Phonics and word knowledge

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