Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word deluge?
- Which image represents the word electrifying?
- Which image represents the word **incessant*?
- Select the correct definition of deluge.
- endless or non-stop
- thrilling or stunning
- a flood or overflowing water ✓
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- Select the correct definition of incessant.
- endless or non-stop ✓
- thrilling or stunning
- a flood or overflowing water
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- Select the correct definition of electrifying.
- endless or non-stop
- thrilling or stunning ✓
- a flood or overflowing water
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Exit quiz
What adjective does this image represent?- lashing ✓
- frosty
- howling
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What adjective does this image represent?- incessant
- numbing
- tempestuous ✓
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What adjective does this image represent?- gust
- torrential ✓
- serene
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- Match each word to its word pair.
- lashing⇔tail ✓
- tempestuous⇔sea ✓
- torrential⇔flood ✓
- Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe branches?
- torrential
- incessant
- lashing ✓
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- Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'The weather was __________ - there was no telling what it might do next!'
- lashing
- tempestuous ✓
- torrential
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Lashing' is an adjective which means thrashing or beating.
- 'Tempestuous' is an adjective which means stormy, wild or violent.
- 'Torrential' is an adjective which means falling heavily or forcefully.
Common misconception
Pupils might use the word 'lashing' as a verb E.g. 'The rain was lashing against the window'.
If pupils use the word as a verb, that is fine. Just make sure to explain to them that they have used the word as a verb because it is an action and not describing a noun.
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 - are 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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