Sort by part of speech: the noun box, the verb box, the adjective box

At the top of the sheet, two to four boxes, one per part of speech, in the colours of the class code: nouns in blue, verbs in red, adjectives in green. At the bottom, the words to cut out, with or without their picture. The child pastes each word into its box. Sorting words by class from the first year of reading to the end of primary school.

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Worksheet with the boxes of the nouns, verbs and adjectives and the word labels to cut out — First page, made in Lexikit with seven words of three parts of speech.

In 3 steps

Add your words: nouns, verbs, adjectives. The part of speech comes from the lexicon, and you change it in the word window.
Choose the boxes: two, three or four, the parts of speech most present among your words.
Print: name, date and illustrated instruction at the top, the labels to cut out at the bottom, the answer key at the end.

What you can set

Number of boxes: two, three or four
Pictures on the labels, for children who cannot read yet, or the words alone
Coloured boxes, with the Apprentilangue code, or in the colour of the sheet
Writing in capitals, print or cursive
Answer key page
On screen: the words to drag into the columns of their part of speech

Ways to use it

Build word lists by word class with beginning readers
Review the parts of speech in the upper grades with the words of a vocabulary lesson
Sort the words before writing the sentences of the flip book

Frequently asked questions

Where does the part of speech come from?

From the lexicon: each word has its part of speech, and you correct it in the word window, “The word” tab. A word that is none of noun, verb, adjective, determiner or pronoun stays out of the boxes.

Doesn't the colour of the labels give the answer away?

No: only the boxes take the colour of their part of speech, the labels stay black.