Starter quiz
- Which of these words are adjectives?
- brave ✓
- nurse
- Daddy
- courageous ✓
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- Which adjective would you choose to best describe a carer?
- lonely
- sad
- helpful ✓
- lazy
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- Which adjective would you choose to best describe a firefighter?
- scared
- brave ✓
- unhappy
- mean
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- Which of these best explain what 'resilient' means?
- working as a team player
- never giving up ✓
- helping others
- picking up something heavy
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- Match the word to its example.
- capital letter⇔I ✓
- full stop⇔. ✓
- adjective⇔helpful ✓
- Which is the only sentence that is correct as it makes sense?
- The police helpful.
- The police are.
- The police are helpful. ✓
- The helpful are police.
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Exit quiz
- What does an adjective describe?
- other adjectives
- nouns ✓
- words at the beginning of a sentence
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- Which adjective could you also use to describe someone who is helpful?
- lazy
- caring ✓
- unkind
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- Match the word to its role in a sentence.
- capital letter⇔an uppercase letter that starts a sentence ✓
- full stop⇔a punctuation mark that often ends a sentence ✓
- finger space⇔a space used in between words ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. 'I am strog.'
- strong ✓
- strog
- stong
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- Which adjective means working as a team player?
- strong
- powerful
- collaborative ✓
- brave
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- Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?
- i am helpful.
- I am helpful
- I am helpful. ✓
- i am helpful.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- An adjective describes a noun, including ourselves, such as "I am helpful."
- Adjectives are describing words
- A person's character traits make that person who they are
- Someone's personality or character traits may be different to others'
- Certain character traits are better suited to some jobs, such as bravery for a firefighter
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to describe themselves.
Before describing themselves, model sentences by describing your pupils providing them with vocabulary, 'You are...'.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word of people, place or things
Adjective - describes a noun
Describe - add detail to
Character traits - the special qualities that make a character themselves
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
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