Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word lashing?
- Which image represents the word tempestuous?
- Which image represents the word torrential?
- Select the correct definition of lashing.
- thrilling or stunning
- peaceful or calm
- thrashing or beating ✓
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- Select the correct definition of tempestuous.
- thrilling or stunning
- stormy, wild, or violent ✓
- peaceful or calm
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- Select the correct definition of torrential.
- falling heavily or forcefully ✓
- crackling or swishing
- peaceful or blissfully quiet
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Exit quiz
What adjective does this image represent?- hazy
- billowing ✓
- dense
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What adjective does this image represent?- dense ✓
- numbing
- gust
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What adjective does this image represent?- downpour
- lashing
- hazy ✓
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- Match each word to its word pair.
- billowing⇔skirt ✓
- hazy⇔memory ✓
- dense⇔population ✓
- Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe a recollection?
- hazy ✓
- billowing
- dense
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- Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'Grit pulled at the rope to control the __________ sails that were flapping in the wind.'
- hazy
- billowing ✓
- dense
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Billowing is an adjective which means swelling or expanding.
- Dense is an adjective which means thick, solid or heavy.
- Hazy is an adjective which means cloudy or misty.
Common misconception
Pupils might think these words can only be used to describe clouds.
Draw attention to all the word pairs that aren't linked to the weather to highlight how useful these words are and how they can be used in multiple contexts.
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
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