Rich vocabulary associated with chaos and confusion

English

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

In 'Taste and smell words', pupils learnt a range of rich vocabulary to describe taste and smell. In this unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with action.

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

Action words

Which of the following are synonyms of 'havoc'?

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Oz had a __________ streak so she always refused to turn her loud music down.'

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'The plane bounced around for the whole of the __________ flight.'

Which image represents the word **scrutinise**?

Which image represents the word **gaze**?

Which image represents the word **peer**?

Select the correct definition of **gawk**.

Select the correct definition of **glimpse**.

Select the correct definition of **squint**.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Rich vocabulary associated with chaos and confusion

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.