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Every word in a sentence has a job to do. We call these jobs parts of speech. Today, we will look at nouns and verbs to help us edit our writing.
A noun is a naming word. It names a person, a place, or a thing. For example, 'dog', 'park', and 'teacher' are all nouns.
A verb is an action word. It tells us what a noun is doing. Words like 'run', 'jump', and 'play' are verbs because they show action.
When we edit our drafts, we must make sure we use nouns and verbs correctly. This makes our writing clear and easy to read for everyone.
Let's edit this draft sentence to make it correct: 'The happy dog runned to the park.' How do we fix the verb?
- First, find the noun that is doing the action. The noun is 'dog'.
- Next, find the action verb. The verb in the draft is 'runned'.
- Think about the verb. 'Runned' is not a real word in English.
- Change the incorrect verb to the correct past tense form, which is 'ran'.
- Write your new, clean sentence: 'The happy dog ran to the park.'
