Every sentence is built from different kinds of words. Three of the most important are nouns, verbs and adjectives. Once you can spot them, reading and writing become much easier.
Why this matters: Knowing word types helps you build clear sentences, follow instructions and write your own stories with confidence.
Nouns are naming words
A noun names a person, a place, an animal or a thing. Words like brother, mosque, cat and book are all nouns.
Common and proper nouns
A common noun is an everyday name, like city or boy. A proper noun is the special name of one thing, and it always begins with a capital letter, like London or Yusuf.
| Common noun | Proper noun |
|---|---|
| city | Makkah |
| boy | Ibrahim |
| day | Friday |
Verbs are doing or being words
A verb tells us what someone or something does or is. Words like run, pray, help and is are verbs.
In "Amina helps her mother," the verb is helps because it is the doing word.
Adjectives are describing words
An adjective describes a noun. It tells us more about it, like kind, green, tall or gentle.
In "The kind girl shared her food," the adjective is kind because it describes the girl.
Sort each word into the right group:
- mosque
- book
- city
- run
- pray
- help
- kind
- green
- tall