Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word sluggish?
- Which image represents the word soothing?
- Which image represents the word unwind?
- Select the correct definition of lounge.
- to lie around or laze ✓
- to exercise
- to be spoiled
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- Select the correct definition of drowsy.
- spoiled or coddled
- bursting with energy
- sleepy or dopey ✓
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- Select the correct definition of pampered.
- slow, lazy, or lifeless
- spoiled or coddled ✓
- exhausted or unenthusiastic
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Exit quiz
What word does this image represent?- energised
- exhausted ✓
- pampered
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What word does this image represent?- laborious ✓
- pampered
- unwind
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What word does this image represent?- tedious
- backbreaking ✓
- tricky
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- Which of the following are synonyms of 'gruelling'?
- exhausting ✓
- repetitive
- relaxing
- draining ✓
- boring
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'The __________ temptation to eat the last cake was too much for Grit to bear.'
- exhausted
- tedious
- overwhelming ✓
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Oz got a __________ job selling paperclips, but she quit after an hour because it was no fun.'
- tedious ✓
- exhausted
- backbreaking
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Gruelling' is an adjective, which means difficult or draining.
- 'Tedious' is an adjective, which means boring or dull.
- 'Laborious', 'overwhelming', 'backbreaking' and 'exhausted' are other adjectives related to hard-work.
Common misconception
Pupils might find the word pairs for 'overwhelming' difficult, such as 'overwhelming majority' and 'overwhelming evidence'.
Model using all the different word pairs and discuss the meanings in context.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - is a word that describes a noun
Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
Word pair - words that often appear together
Adverb - a word that can describe a verb or an adjective
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