Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word 'assertive'?
- Which image represents the word 'brazen'?
- Which image represents the word 'audacious'?
- Select the correct definition for 'assertive'.
- bold and daring
- bold and shameless
- forceful or self-confident ✓
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- Select the correct definition for 'audacious'.
- bold and daring ✓
- bold and shameless
- forceful or self-confident
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- Select the correct definition for 'brazen'.
- bold and daring
- bold and shameless ✓
- forceful or self-confident
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Exit quiz
What adjective does this image represent?- unflappable ✓
- conceited
- presumptuous
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What adjective does this image represent?- presumptuous ✓
- conceited
- unflappable
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- Match the word with the correct definition.
- presumptuous⇔overconfident, arrogant or rude ✓
- conceited⇔vain or proud ✓
- unflappable⇔cool, clam or collected ✓
- Match the word pairs that make sense.
- presumptuous⇔fool ✓
- conceited⇔bully ✓
- unflappable⇔confidence ✓
- Write the missing word to complete the sentence. Even as it poured with rain, they set off for the beach with __________ optimism that it would brighten up.
- presumptuous
- conceited
- unflappable ✓
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- Write the missing word to complete the sentence. As the __________ child grabbed the trophy, the teacher announced that someone else had won the prize.
- presumptuous ✓
- conceited
- unflappable
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Conceited' is an adjective which means vain or proud.
- 'Presumptuous' is an adjective which means overconfident, arrogant or rude.
- 'Unflappable' is an adjective which means cool, calm or collected.
Common misconception
Pupils might think that the two prefixes 'pre' and 'un' have the same effect on a root word.
Spend time teaching that each prefix has a different purpose and changes the root word in a different way.
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
Prefix - a letter or group of letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning
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