"Parts of Speech Worksheet: Sort words into noun, verb, and adjective categories."

Let’s go step by step to sort each word into the correct part of speech: noun, verb, or adjective.

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Step 1: Understand what each part of speech means

- Noun = a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., dog, school, happiness)
- Verb = an action word (e.g., run, jump, think)
- Adjective = describes a noun — tells us what something is like (e.g., big, red, happy)

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Step 2: Go through each word one by one

We have these words:

> shy, fat, pillow, hill, pray
> apple, hospital, smooth, sick, lion
> cry, pull, climb, mop, rough

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#### Word: shy
→ Describes how someone feels or acts → Adjective

#### Word: fat
→ Describes size or shape → Adjective

#### Word: pillow
→ A thing you sleep on → Noun

#### Word: hill
→ A place / landform → Noun

#### Word: pray
→ An action (to talk to God or hope for something) → Verb

#### Word: apple
→ A fruit → Noun

#### Word: hospital
→ A place → Noun

#### Word: smooth
→ Describes texture → Adjective

#### Word: sick
→ Describes health state → Adjective

#### Word: lion
→ An animal → Noun

#### Word: cry
→ An action (to shed tears) → Verb

#### Word: pull
→ An action (to tug something) → Verb

#### Word: climb
→ An action (to go up) → Verb

#### Word: mop
→ Can be a thing (cleaning tool) OR an action (to clean with a mop). But in this list, since we already have many verbs and nouns, let’s check context. In elementary worksheets, “mop” as a verb is common (“I will mop the floor”). Also, if it were a noun, we’d expect more clear objects. Let’s look at balance: We need 5 nouns, 5 verbs, 5 adjectives? Let’s count later. For now, “mop” can be both, but here likely intended as verb because “pillow”, “apple”, etc. are clearly nouns. Wait — actually, “mop” as a noun is also very common. Hmm.

Wait — let’s list all and see how many we have per category so far.

So far:

Nouns: pillow, hill, apple, hospital, lion → that’s 5

Verbs: pray, cry, pull, climb → that’s 4

Adjectives: shy, fat, smooth, sick → that’s 4

Left: mop, rough

If we put mop as noun → then nouns = 6 → too many

If we put mop as verb → verbs = 5 → good

Then rough must be adjective → adjectives = 5 → perfect!

Also, “rough” describes texture → definitely adjective.

And “mop” as verb makes sense: “Please mop the kitchen.”

So final assignment:

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Noun:

- pillow
- hill
- apple
- hospital
- lion

Verb:

- pray
- cry
- pull
- climb
- mop

Adjective:

- shy
- fat
- smooth
- sick
- rough

✔ All 15 words sorted. Each column has exactly 5 words.

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Final Answer:

Noun: pillow, hill, apple, hospital, lion
Verb: pray, cry, pull, climb, mop
Adjective: shy, fat, smooth, sick, rough