Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word apprehensive?
- Which image represents the word petrified?
- Which image represents the word anxious?
- Select the correct definition of distressed.
- determined or strong-willed
- worried and upset ✓
- loyal and dedicated
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- Select the correct definition of exasperated.
- annoyed or frustrated ✓
- quiet and shy
- worried or nervous
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- Select the correct definition of flustered.
- terrified or horrified
- nervous, muddled and unsettled ✓
- excited or thrilled
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Exit quiz
What word does this image represent?- yearning
- flustered
- desolate ✓
- gleeful
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What word does this image represent?- sanguine
- tenacious
- inconsolable ✓
- encouraging
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What word does this image represent?- committed
- speechless
- regretful
- glum ✓
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- Which of the following are synonyms for wistful?
- unsettled
- nostalgic ✓
- ecstatic
- longing ✓
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'The child felt a __________ desire to go home to his family.'
- glum
- petrified
- yearning ✓
- idealistic
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'The __________ mood in the house was made worse by the heavy rain and sad music.'
- light-hearted
- melancholic ✓
- auspicious
- inconsolable
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Desolate' is an adjective which means feeling miserable, depressed or lonely.
- 'Melancholy' is an adjective which means gloomy or depressed, despairing about everything.
- 'Inconsolable' is an adjective which means very unhappy or heartbroken; feeling so sad it's impossible to cheer you up.
- 'Wistful', 'glum' and 'yearning' are other rich vocabulary associated with feeling sad.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to use 'yearning' correctly in a sentence as it can be used as both a noun and an adjective.
Look at the word 'yearning' being used as an adjective and as a noun in sentences and discuss the difference. This is a good opportunity to revise word class.
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
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