Rich vocabulary associated with the night | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which image represents the word treacherous?
Which image represents the word murky?
Which image represents the word choppy?
Select the correct definition of frothy.
- dense or inaccessible
- beautiful and picturesque
- foaming or bubbly ✓
Select the correct definition of stagnant.
- quiet or remote
- stale or motionless ✓
- attractive or scenic
Select the correct definition of shimmering.
- gleaming or glistening ✓
- pleasantly rural or idyllic
- mixed or varied

What word does this image represent?
- tangled
- dusk ✓
- murky
What word does this image represent?
- eerie ✓
- towering
- tangled
What word does this image represent?
- rugged
- stagnant
- sleepless ✓
Which of the following are synonyms of twilight?
- wide awake
- early evening ✓
- eerie
- dusk ✓
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'In the dead of night, the __________ creature stared at its prey with glowing, red eyes.'
- raging
- towering
- nocturnal ✓
- eerie
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'The __________ night was so bright that Oz could see the thief creeping across the garden.'
- overgrown
- moonlit ✓
- bustling
- dusk

'Dusk' is a noun which means twilight or nightfall.
'Eerie' is an adjective which means weird, ghostly or creepy.
'Nocturnal' is an adjective which means nightly or active at night.
'Twilight', 'moonlit' and 'sleepless' are other rich vocabulary associated with night.

Pupils may find it challenging to use the nouns 'twilight' and 'dusk' effectively with the verb word pairs.

Model using 'twilight' and 'dusk' in a sentence with different verbs (in differing forms) as examples.