Match, Sort, and Play with This Nouns and Verbs Puzzle

This engaging puzzle has been created to spark discussion about sentence building and word meanings. Students need to connect each noun to its matching verb and discover how words work together. You can also challenge students with nouns that have more than one possible verb match.

Some of the verbs included:

• The boy
• The girl
• The dog
• The bird

Some nouns included:

• eats
• rolls
• flies
• hops

Included in this download:

• Directions page
• Answer Key
• Puzzle pieces – easy to cut!
• Sentence builder template

A Fun and Interactive Way to Teach Grammar

In this fun, hands on learning tool, you can reinforce the difference between nouns and verbs. Encourage your students to create and write simple sentences using their matched words using the recording sheet. 

Here are some classroom friendly ways to use this nouns and verbs activity in the classroom:

• Set up the puzzle pieces at a station where students can match nouns and verbs independently or in pairs.
• Have students use their matched noun-verb pairs to write complete simple sentences.
• Turn it into a competition where teams race to correctly match the noun-verb pairs.
• Ask students to explain why certain nouns match with multiple verbs and how the verb choice changes the meaning.
• Display the noun-verb pairs on a classroom display board and have students add their own example sentences.

Get your Nouns and Verbs Game Puzzle Today!

Download this versatile resource today but using the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF version of this resource or the editable Google Slides version.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter Collaborator.  

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