Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word bleak?
- Which image represents the word downpour?
- Which image represents the word drab?
- Select the correct definition of bleak.
- gloomy or depressing ✓
- a heavy rainstorm
- spiralling or twirling
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- Select the correct definition of downpour.
- gloomy or depressing
- a heavy rainstorm ✓
- dull or grey
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- Select the correct definition of drab.
- thin or fine
- a heavy rainstorm
- dull or grey ✓
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Exit quiz
What adjective does this image represent?- splattered
- ominous
- dreary ✓
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What adjective does this image represent?- splattered
- ominous ✓
- dreary
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What adjective does this image represent?- splattered ✓
- omimous
- dreary
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- Match each word to its word pair.
- splattered⇔mud ✓
- dreary⇔task ✓
- ominous⇔warning ✓
- Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe a silence?
- dreary
- ominous ✓
- splattered
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- Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'Grit's __________ task of counting grains of sand on the beach was sending him mad!'
- dreary ✓
- ominous
- splattered
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Dreary is an adjective which means boring or miserable.
- Ominous is an adjective which means scary, threatening or menacing.
- Splattered is an adjective which means splashed or sprinkled.
Common misconception
Pupils might use 'splattered' as a verb instead of an adjective. For example, 'The raindrops splattered onto her forehead' instead of 'She wiped the splattered drops of rain off her forehead'.
Allow pupils to also use the word as a verb; just make sure they understand that this is a different word class. Look at sentences where it is used as a verb and an adjective and ask pupils to identify the word class.
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
Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time
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