English Worksheet:
1. Look at the
following words:
cook, swim, answer,
copy, climb, smell, fight, watch, play, smile
What type of word
are they? Nouns? Verbs? Both?
2. Write four short
sentences using each word as
a) a noun
b) a verb
3. Find 10 other English words that can be used as both nouns and verbs
Answers:
1. All the words
can be used as both nouns and verbs.
2. Here are some
examples:
Using each word as
a noun:
- We have just hired a new cook.
- Would you like to go for a swim?
- That was a good answer, George.
- Can you make another copy of that
report, please?
- We had a difficult climb to the summit.
- What a strange smell!
- We enjoyed watching the big fight on
Saturday.
- I need to buy a new watch.
- The play was very disappointing. I
expect better from the RSC.
- Sian has got a lovely smile.
Using each word as
a verb:
- Alex
was too tired to cook dinner.
- Jake
loves to swim.
- Please
answer my question!
- Barbara
tried to copy my answers, but I
didn’t let her.
- The
little boy climbed upstairs to
bed slowly.
- I
can smell something delicious!
- Please
don’t fight over the remote
control.
- Did
you watch the match last night?
- We’ve
been playing in the garden with
Auntie Jane.
- Annie
smiled and went inside.
3. Here are some examples:
pull, hope, joke, drink, sleep, frown, cheat,
fall, walk, drive
