On this page, you will find out all kids need to know about adjectives, adverbs, nouns, antonyms, homonyms, and synonyms.
The English language can be tricky; that why we at Kids Play and Create decided to make a page dedicated to parts of speech.
Check out our easy-to-understand definitions and examples.
What is an Adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Words that describe sounds, shapes, sizes, times, numbers/quantity, textures/touch, weather are all examples of adjectives.
Common Adjectives
First Grade
Colors:
blue, green, purple, orange, black, white, pink, red etc…
Size:
big, small, short, tall, fat, thin
Sounds:
loud, quiet
Shapes:
round, square, oval, triangular
Numbers:
one, two, many, few
Touch/Texture
rough, smooth, soft, hard
Weather
sunny, rainy, windy, dark, light, cloudy
2nd-3rd grade
letters A-C
angry
busy
brave
bumpy
cheerful
chilly
crispy
cruel
Letters D-H
dangerous
fat
fluffy
freezing
funny
furry
fuzzy
huge
Letters I-N
juicy
kind
lazy
long
lumpy
mean
messy
naughty
new
nice
Letters O-R
plump
pretty
proud
quick
Letters S-Z
short
simple
slimy
sloppy
slow
spiky
spoiled
sticky
stiff
still
stinky
strong
swollen
thin
tiny
tricky
weak
wise
Grades 4th-6th
Letters A-C
adventurous
absurd
alert
amusing
ancient
annoyed
anxious
apologetic
bashful
beautiful
bitter
brilliant
bulky
capable
cautious
challenging
charming
clever
compassionate
cozy
cranky
creative
creepy
cruel
curly
Letters D-H
damp
daring
delicate
delicious
disrespectful
dreadful
dull
ecstatic
endless
enormous
entertaining
exhausted
fantastic
foolish
frightened
furious
fussy
gentle
gigantic
gorgeous
graceful
Letters I-N
lousy
loyal
marvelous
naive
nervous
nimble
Letters O-S
optimistic
petite
pleasant
polite
precise
prickly
salty
shocking
slick
slippery
sour
sparkling
straight
stubborn
stunning
Letters T-Z
temporary
terrified
timid
tricky
truthful
whimsical
What is an Adverb?
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. What does that mean? An adverb describes actions and other descriptive words. You might be thinking isn’t that what an adjective does? The English language can be confusing. An adjective only describes a noun or pronoun, an adverb describes everything else. An adverb also answers a question where, when, how, and how often.
Here is an example:
The curious toddler quietly opened the front door.
Curious is an adjective because it is describing the toddler (the noun).
Quietly is the adverb because it is describing how the toddler opened the door.
Example 2
The nervous girl waited anxiously to get on the school bus.
Nervous is an adjective because it is describing the girl (the noun)
Anxiously is an adverb because it is describing how the girl waited for the bus.
How do you find an adverb in a sentence?
There are a couple of ways to find an adverb in the sentence. One trick to finding an adverb in the sentence is to look for the word with an ly at the end. Most adjectives turn into adverbs by adding an ly at the end of the word.
Another trick to finding an adverb in the sentence is to look for the interrogative adverb. These are adverbs that begin with a question.
example
Where are you going?
Where is the adverb
How did you do that?
How is the adverb
When will you be back?
When is the adverb.
List of Adverbs for Kids
How Where When How Often
Accidentally Anywhere After Always
Angrily Away Already Never
Awkwardly Down Before Once
Bitterly Downstairs Early Rarely
Boldly Everywhere Finally Seldom
Carelessly Far Last Sometimes
Charmingly Here Late Twice
Cleverly Inside Later Yearly
Dangerously Near Now
Eagerly Nearby Recently
Effortlessly Nowhere Soon
Excitedly Outside Yesterday
Forcefully There
Gracefully Underground
Happily
Jokingly
Kindly
Lazily
Loudly
Nervously
Nosily
Quietly
Rudely
Sadly
Silently
Sharply
Silently
Skillfully
Slowly
Surely
Tastefully
Thankfully
Violently
Visually
Warmly
Wisely
Youthfully
Zig Zag
Nouns
Noun- A word that identifies a person, place or thing
Proper Nouns A name used for an individual or place. Proper nouns are spelled with capital letters
List of Nouns
Person
mom, dad, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, cousin, lady, woman, girl, boy, man, baby, teacher, lawyer, bus driver, dance teacher, coach, grandma, grandpa, doctor, dancer
Mrs. Jones, Janelle (proper nouns)
Place
mall, school, building, hall, backyard, office, store, car wash, locker, street, town, state, country, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room, dinning room, movie theater, bus stop, supermarket, playground, field, train station, coliseum, stadium, ballpark
America, New York, England, Italy (proper nouns)
Thing
toys, books, crayons, pencils, dog, cats, cup, music, apple, stroller, bike, markers, bags, floor, cars, train, trucks, machine, money, cards, kitten, spider, oranges, pigs, horse, mouse, pizza, eggs, wheel, door, window, table, basketball hoop, dresser, picture, frame, socks, t.v, handle, crib, bed, mattress, pillow, grass, slide, hula hoop, basket
Antonyms, Synonyms, and Homonyms
Need help with the definitions for Antonyms, Synonyms, or Homonyms? Need examples? Look no further; kidsplayandcreate has got you covered! Check out the definitions and list of examples below.
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
Synonyms are words that have the same meaning or almost the same meaning.
Homonyms are words that sound the same or are spelled the same but have different meanings.
Common Antonyms
Add, Subtract
Agree, Disagree
Awake, Asleep
Bad, Good
Before, After
Best, Worse
Bottom, Top
Boy, Girl
Clean, Dirty
Closed, Open
Cold, Hot
Dangerous, Safe
Deep, Shallow
Dim, Bright
Down, Up
End, Start
Enter, Exit
Even, Odd
Fade, Brighten
False, True
Fat, Skinny
Give, Take
Good, Bad
Happy, Sad
Hard, Soft
Hero, Coward
High, Low
In, Out
Intelligent, Stupid
Join-Separate
Justice, Injustice
Kind, Mean
Left, Right
Lie, Truth
Light, Dark
Long, Short
Many, Few
Messy, Neat
Minor, Major
More, Less
Never, Always
Noisy, Quiet
Old, New
Open, Close
Outer, Inner
Past, Present
Poor, Rich
Powerful, Weak
Quick, Slow
Quiet, Loud
Real, Fake
Right, Wrong
Rich, Poor
Stop, Go
Sunny, Cloudy
Take, Give
Tame, Wild
Thick, Thin
Top, Bottom
True, False
Up, Down
Upstairs, Downstairs
Victory, Defeat
Villain, Hero
White, Black
Win, Loose
Yes, No
Young, Old
Zip, Unzip
Common Synonyms
Above, Over
Afraid, Frightened
Amazing, Fabulous
Bad, Wicked
Beautiful, Pretty
Begin, Start
Brave, Courageous
Center, Middle
Chef, Cook
Cool, Chilly
Decide, Choose
Difficulty, Hard
End, Terminate
Exit, Leave
Fall, Drop
Father, Dad
Get, Obtain
Glitter, Sparkle
Happy, Glad
Help, Assist
Home, House
Hurry, Rush
Idea, Thought
Infant, Baby
Ill, Sick
Joy, Delight
Little, Small
Loyal, Faithful
Mad, Angry
Make, Create
Mom, Mother
Neat, Clean
New, Original
Nice, Pleasant
Present, Gift
Polite, Courteous
Quick, Fast
Right, Correct
Scared, Afraid
Show, Display
Story, Tale
Stop, Pause
Strange, Weird
Talk, Speak
Tired, Sleep
True, Real
Ugly, Gross
Under, Beneath
Woman, Lady
Wrong, Mistake
Yell, Shout
Vacant, Empty
Common Homonyms
Aisle, I’ll, Isle
Ate, Eight
Base, Bass
By, Bye, Buy
Cell, Sell
Cereal, Serial
Close, Clothes
Chilly, Chile, Chili
Deer, Dear
Eye, I
Flour, Flower
For, Four, Fore
Grease, Greece
Hail, Hale
Hair, Hare
Hay, Hey,
Hail, Hale
Heard, Herd
Hole, Whole
Knead, Need
Knight, Night
Male, Mail
Meet, Meat
No, Know
Or, Ore
Plain, Plane
Poor, Pour
Rain, Rein
Right, Write
Rose, Rows
Sail, Sale
Tail, Tale
Their, There, They’re
To, Two, Too
Toe, Tow
Wail, Whale
Weather, Whether
Weight, Wait
Which, Witch
Who’s, Whose
