Using Vocabulary Adjectives, Nouns and Verbs

When we tell others about the place we live in, we need to use words that describe things. These words are adjectives.
Example: I live in a coastal village. Coastal is an adjective.

Adjectives describe nouns. A noun is a word that names a thing such as a person, place, animal, thing or action.
Examples: That is a steep cliff. Cliff is a noun, steep is an adjective.
I heard terrible singing. Singing is a noun here, terrible is an adjective.

Verbs are words that mean an action. They are things that we do. “Is” or “will be” are verbs. So are “ran”, “climb”, “study”, “try” and “hope”. Examples: He is a good painter. Is is a verb, good is an adjective, painter is a noun.

Sometimes words can be nouns, verbs or adjectives.
Examples: The singing was terrible. Here, singing is a noun.
He was singing a song. Here, singing is a verb.
He has a singing alarm clock. Here, singing is an adjective.
The park is a protected area. Here, protected is an adjective.
The dog protected its pups. Here, protected is a verb.