Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word billowing?
- Which image represents the word hazy?
- Which image represents the word dense?
- Select the correct definition of billowing.
- swelling or expanding ✓
- thick, solid, or heavy
- cloudy or misty
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- Select the correct definition of dense.
- swelling or expanding
- thick, solid, or heavy ✓
- cloudy or misty
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- Select the correct definition of hazy.
- swelling or expanding
- thick, solid, or heavy
- cloudy or misty ✓
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Exit quiz
What adjective does this image represent?- overcast ✓
- wispy
- swirling
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What adjective does this image represent?- overcast
- swirling ✓
- torrential
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What adjective does this image represent?- brisk
- overcast
- wispy ✓
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- Match each word to its word pair.
- overcast⇔conditions ✓
- swirling⇔water ✓
- wispy⇔eyebrows ✓
- Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe motion?
- wispy
- overcast
- swirling ✓
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- Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'It was an __________ Saturday so Yin and Yang decided to stay in and watch a movie.'
- wispy
- overcast ✓
- swirling
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Overcast is an adjective which means cloudy or grey.
- Swirling is an adjective which means spiralling or twirling.
- Wispy is an adjective which means thin or fine.
Common misconception
Pupils might think that all three words can be used interchangeably.
Use the word pairs to help pupils see each word and its nuances.
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
Prefix - a letter or group of letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning
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