Rich vocabulary associated with the countryside | English

Starter quiz

Which image represents the word picturesque?
Which image represents the word remote?
Which image represents the word rural?
Select the correct definition of quaint.
- on the coast or beside the ocean
- charming or picturesque ✓
- mild or warm
Select the correct definition of coastal.
- mild or pleasant
- piercing or sharp
- on the coast or beside the ocean ✓
Select the correct definition of bucolic.
- pleasantly rural or idyllic ✓
- freezing or icy
- stormy, wild or violent

What word does this image represent?
- balmy
- idyllic ✓
- bustling
What word does this image represent?
- hectic
- dewy
- verdant ✓
What word does this image represent?
- imposing
- torrential
- scenic ✓
Which of the following are synonyms of secluded?
- bustling
- remote ✓
- leafy
- quiet ✓
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'All Armie could see for miles around was green fields and __________ countryside.'
- penetrating
- optimistic
- rolling ✓
- hectic
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Plato waded through the __________ greenery in search of a rare plant with magical flowers.'
- balmy
- ecstatic
- lush ✓
- persevere

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'Idyllic' is an adjective which means ideal or perfect; like a beautiful place where you can relax in the sun.
'Verdant' is an adjective which means green and leafy; like a lush valley where sheep graze on the grass .
'Rolling' is an adjective which means rippling, wavy or tumbling; like gentle hills that rise & fall like endless waves.
'Lush', 'scenic' and 'secluded' are other rich vocabulary associated with the countryside.

Pupils may mistake 'rolling' for a verb and misuse it in a sentence in this lesson.

Model using 'rolling' in a sentence as an adjective and as a verb. Compare the difference.