Rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst

English

In this unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with taste and smell. In the next unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with action.

In 'Weather: cloudy, dark and rainy words' pupils learnt a range of vocabulary to describe the weather. In this unit, pupils learn a  range of rich vocabulary associated with taste and smell.

In this unit, pupils learn a wider range of vocabulary to support writing descriptively about characters, settings and scenes, including ambitious vocabulary for taste and smell words that can be applied to descriptive writing passages.

Taste and smell words

Which of the following are synonyms of 'ravenous'?

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: The bear was so __________ that he even considered eating people. 

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: Bogart’s __________ greed meant that he always wanted more money.

Which image represents the word **irresistible**?

Which image represents the word **moist**?

Which image represents the word **scrumptious**?

Select the correct definition of **tantalising**.

Select the correct definition of **succulent**.

Select the correct definition of **mouthwatering**.

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