Identify

Key Stage 1

Meaning

To identify is to find out what something is or what it's made from.

Verb: Identify

About Identifying

You can identify something by how it smells, feels, looks and sounds. If it smells stinky, feels furry, it looks like it has a tail that wags and it makes a woof sound, then it is a dog.

Examples

It is a flower because it has petals.

It is a reptile because it has dry scales.

It is a wooden table because it has a flat top, 4 legs and is made of wood.

Used in a sentence

You can identify a flower by its petals.

I identified the reptile by its dry scales.

A table can be identified by its shape and what it is made of.