Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word pungent?
- Which image represents the word putrid?
- Which image represents the word toxic?
- Select the correct definition of faint.
- overwhelming or unbearable
- stuffy and stale
- barely noticeable or slight ✓
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- Select the correct definition of overpowering.
- overwhelming or unbearable ✓
- stuffy and stale
- barely noticeable or slight
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- Select the correct definition of musty.
- rotten and decayed
- stuffy and stale ✓
- barely noticeable or slight
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Exit quiz
What word does this image represent?- fragrance
- reek ✓
- sugary
- bland
- faint
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What word does this image represent?- reek
- putrid
- odour
- scent ✓
- bland
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What word does this image represent?- fragrance
- scent
- musty
- faint
- odour ✓
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- Which of the following are synonyms of 'stench'?
- strong
- smell ✓
- sweet
- savoury
- odour ✓
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: Grit smelled a faint __________ of steak but he couldn’t be sure where it was coming from.
- whiff ✓
- stench
- fragrance
- reek
- odour
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: The spicy __________ of the hot curry made Grit’s house smell like a restaurant.
- stench
- reek
- fragrance ✓
- odour
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Reek' is a verb which means stink or smell.
- 'Stench' is a noun which means odour or stink.
- 'Whiff', 'scent', 'fragrance' and 'odour' are other nouns related to smell.
Common misconception
Pupils might find the word classes difficult for these words. For example, they might think 'fragrance' is an adjective, confusing it with the word 'fragrant', or that 'reek' is an adjective.
Encourage pupils to look at the word pairs to help to understand that most of these words are nouns. This is because the word pairs are adjectives.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Verb - a being, a doing or a having word
Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
Word pair - words that often appear together
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