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English (AQA)
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Showing and not
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is a great way of making your descriptions more vivid.
'telling' ✓
Which of the following is an example of a semantic field?
blue, ocean, aqua, mermaid, fin-like, shell ✓
green, emerald, yellow, cyan, purple, red
huge, big, average, small, minute
hideous, ugly, gargoyle, wretched, recoil, horror ✓
Starting with the smallest, put these words in order from smallest to largest.
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minute
2
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tiny
3
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miniature
4
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small
5
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compact
Which of these words might you use to describe this person?
isolated ✓
enveloped
deserted ✓
surrounded
alienated ✓
Which of the following nouns is the most appropriate in describing this body of water?
spring
stream
lake ✓
pond
ocean
Which of the following images would you be least likely to use as a comparison to the lightning pictured here?
roots of a tree
rivers
arteries and veins
fingers spreading
petals on a flower ✓
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