Kindergarten - Grammar
6 printable versions - On Level - About 4 minutes each
Kindergarten - Grammar - On Level
Worksheet 1Which word tells how the shell feels?
Choose the describing word: the ___ whisper.
Which word tells how many kites?
Choose the describing word: the ___ whale.
Which word tells the pencil's length?
Choose the describing word: the ___ lemon.
Which word tells how the silk feels?
Choose the describing word: the ___ apple.
Describing words help a listener make a clearer picture. Kindergarten children use these words naturally when they say the red cup, a tiny bug, or three blocks, but they may not yet notice the job each word performs. This worksheet develops that awareness without asking children to recite a grammar definition. Every question pairs a familiar noun with a concrete detail such as color, size, texture, sound, or number. Children choose the word that answers a useful question: What kind? Which color? How many? The wrong choices are naming words or actions, so the activity also strengthens the difference among the word jobs introduced on neighboring pages. Read the whole phrase aloud after each choice. If the phrase makes a clear and sensible picture, the describing word is doing its job. Encourage your child to look around and add one describing word to the name of a real object after finishing the page.
In ‘a soft blanket,’ soft tells what the blanket feels like. It is the describing word.
Choosing another object name instead of a word that tells about the object.
Ask what kind, what color, or how many.