Starter quiz
- Which image represents the word clammy?
- Which image represents the word gleaming?
- Which image represents the word oppressive?
- Select the correct definition for clammy.
- soggy or moist ✓
- shining or bright
- heavy, harsh, or overpowering
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- Select the correct definition for gleaming.
- soggy or moist
- shining or bright ✓
- heavy, harsh, or overpowering
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- Select the correct definition for oppressive.
- soggy or moist
- shining or bright
- heavy, harsh, or overpowering ✓
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Exit quiz
What adjective does this image represent?- stifling ✓
- howl
- gleaming
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What adjective does this image represent?- searing ✓
- whirlwind
- astute
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What adjective does this image represent?- sweltering ✓
- panted
- sweated
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- Match each word to its word pair.
- sweltering⇔summer ✓
- stifling⇔silence ✓
- searing⇔criticism ✓
- Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe a smell?
- searing
- stifling ✓
- sweltering
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- Which word would you use in this sentence? 'As the wasp stung his lip, a __________ pain shot through him.
- gleaming
- sweltering
- searing ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Searing' is an adjective which means burning or scorching.
- 'Stifling' is an adjective which means smothering or suffocating.
- 'Sweltering' is an adjective which means very hot or baking.
Common misconception
Pupils might think only pain related to burning can be described as 'searing'.
Use examples of sentences where 'searing pain' is caused by something other than heat.
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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