A naming word is the name of a person, an animal, a place or a thing. Teacher, cow, school and pencil are naming words. Practise finding them and using them. The answer key is at the end.
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Naming Words Worksheet with Answers
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A. Person, animal, place or thing?
Write person, animal, place or thing. A bird is an animal for this exercise.
- teacher
- cow
- school
- pencil
- doctor
- parrot
- market
- bag
B. Find the naming word
Each sentence has one naming word. Write it.
- The dog barks.
- We eat rice.
- Arjun runs fast.
- The bus is late.
- She reads a book.
- The baby smiles.
C. Fill in the naming word
Write the naming word. The first letter and the number of letters are shown.
- Children learn in a __________. (s _ _ _ _ _)
- Sick people go to a __________. (h _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
- Mother cooks in the __________. (k _ _ _ _ _ _)
- A bird lives in a __________. (n _ _ _)
- We borrow books from a __________. (l _ _ _ _ _ _)
- A cow gives us __________. (m _ _ _)
D. Odd one out
Circle the word that is NOT a naming word. Write it.
- table / chair / run
- Priya / Ravi / sing
- cow / goat / eat
- Kerala / Delhi / happy
- pen / book / swim
E. Write your own
Write a naming word of your own.
- Write the name of a person in your family.
- Write the name of an animal you like.
- Write the name of a place in your town or city.
Answer Key
A. Person, animal, place or thing?
- person
- animal
- place
- thing
- person
- animal
- place
- thing
B. Find the naming word
- dog
- rice
- Arjun
- bus
- book
- baby
C. Fill in the naming word
- school
- hospital
- kitchen
- nest
- library
- milk
D. Odd one out
- run
- sing
- eat
- happy
- swim
E. Write your own
- Answers will vary, e.g. Mother
- Answers will vary, e.g. elephant
- Answers will vary, e.g. park