Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word rancid?
- Which image represents the word nauseating?
- Which image represents the word repulsive?
- Select the correct definition of unpalatable.
- unappealing or off-putting ✓
- delicious and tasty
- eerie or scary
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- Select the correct definition of inedible.
- warming and wholesome
- bland or plain
- not fit for eating ✓
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- Select the correct definition of stale.
- warming and wholesome
- bland or plain
- old, hard, and crusty ✓
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Exit quiz
What word does this image represent?- savour
- guzzle ✓
- enjoy
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What word does this image represent?- savour ✓
- gorge
- demolish
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What word does this image represent?- savour
- enjoy
- inhale ✓
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- Match each verb to the correct word pair.
- devour⇔a book ✓
- savour⇔a victory ✓
- guzzle⇔petrol ✓
- inhale⇔dust ✓
- demolish⇔a building ✓
- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Yin started to cough after she accidentally __________ the smoke coming out of the old car.'
- savoured
- guzzled
- inhaled ✓
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- Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'The team __________ the victory by watching it replayed in slow motion, again and again.'
- guzzled
- savoured ✓
- gorged
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Devour' is a verb which means to eat hungrily or gobble up.
- 'Demolish' is a verb which means to destroy or eat up.
- 'Savour', inhale', 'guzzle' and 'gorge' are other verbs related to eating.
Common misconception
Pupils might think all 6 verbs can be used interchangeably.
Ensure pupils understand the nuances of each verb by studying the word pairs carefully. For example, 'guzzle' is the verb that is mainly associated with liquids.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Verb - a being, doing or 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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