Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word brisk?
- Which image represents the word biting?
- Which image represents the word excruciating?
- Select the correct definition of brisk.
- extremely painful
- sharp or crisp ✓
- bitter cold or harsh
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- Select the correct definition of biting.
- extremely painful
- sharp or crisp
- bitter cold or harsh ✓
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- Select the correct definition of excruciating.
- extremely painful ✓
- sharp or crisp
- bitter cold or harsh
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Exit quiz
What adjective does this image represent?- frosty ✓
- blustery
- crisp
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What adjective does this image represent?- gust
- scorching
- numbing ✓
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What adjective does this image represent?- frosty
- numbing
- penetrating ✓
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- Match each word to its word pair.
- frosty⇔silence ✓
- penetrating⇔voice ✓
- numbing⇔injection ✓
- Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe an odour?
- penetrating ✓
- frosty
- numbing
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- Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'The audience’s __________ stares made it clear that they didn’t find the comedian very funny.
- numbing
- frosty ✓
- brisk
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Frosty' is an adjective which means freezing or icy.
- 'Numbing' is an adjective which means ice-cold or freezing.
- 'Penetrating' is an adjective which means piercing or sharp.
Common misconception
Pupils might find it difficult to understand how a 'stare' or a 'silence' could be described as 'frosty'.
Ensure pupils understand that 'frosty' can also be used to describe something as 'unwelcoming'.
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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