Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word 'expressive'?
- Which image represents the word 'bulging'?
- Select the correct definition for 'bloodshot'.
- red or sore ✓
- swollen or sticking out
- showing your thoughts and feelings
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- Select the correct definition for 'bulging'.
- red or sore
- swollen or sticking out ✓
- showing your thoughts and feelings
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- Select the correct definition for 'expressive'.
- red or sore
- swollen or sticking out
- showing your thoughts and feelings ✓
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- Match the adjective to its most appropriate word pair.
- bloodshot⇔eyeballs ✓
- expressive⇔voice ✓
- bulging⇔suitcase ✓
Exit quiz
What word does this image represent?- fiery ✓
- steely
- vacant
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What word does this image represent?- fiery
- vacant ✓
- steely
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- Match the word with the correct definition.
- fiery⇔hot tempered or furious ✓
- steely⇔cold and determined ✓
- vacant⇔empty or without emotion ✓
- Match the word pairs that make sense.
- vacant⇔streets ✓
- fiery⇔temper ✓
- steely⇔resolve ✓
- Write the missing word to complete the sentence. There was a great, __________ explosion that lit up the sky.
- fiery ✓
- steely
- expressive
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- Write the missing word to complete the sentence. There wasn't a single __________ seat in the whole theatre, so I had to stand at the back to watch the show.
- fiery
- steely
- vacant ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Fiery' is an adjective which means hot-tempered, passionate or burning.
- 'Steely' is an adjective which means cold and determined.
- 'Vacant' is an adjective which means empty or without emotion.
Common misconception
Vacant can be used to describe eyes, but it can also be used in many other contexts.
Ensure children can use the word 'vacant' in all its different contexts.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - 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
Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time
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