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Year 5

Rich vocabulary associated with the word wet

I can effectively use the words 'submerged', 'drenched' and other rich vocabulary associated with being wet.

New
New
Year 5

Rich vocabulary associated with the word wet

I can effectively use the words 'submerged', 'drenched' and other rich vocabulary associated with being wet.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. 'Submerged' is an adjective, which means to be completely underwater.
  2. 'Drenched' is an adjective, which means sopping wet or soaked.
  3. 'Immerse', 'squirt', 'douse' and 'plunge' are other verbs related to the word wet.

Common misconception

Pupils might confuse the adjective 'submerged' with the verb 'submerge'.

Look at the word 'submerged' being used as an adjective and a simple past tense verb and discuss the difference. This is a good opportunity to revise word class.

Keywords

  • Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

  • Verb - a being, doing or having word

  • Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

  • Word pair - words that often appear together

Use a transparent container filled with water and a miniature figurine (such as a lego figure) to act out the various 'wet' words.
Teacher tip

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the definition of an adjective?
a naming word for people, places or things
Correct answer: a word that describes a noun
a doing or being word
Q2.
What is the correct definition of a noun?
Correct answer: a naming word for people, places or things
a word that describes a noun
a doing or being word
Q3.
What is the definition of a verb?
a naming word for people, places or things
a word that describes a noun
Correct answer: a doing, being or having word
Q4.
Match the examples to the correct word class.
Correct Answer:noun,bath

bath

Correct Answer:adjective,sparkly

sparkly

Correct Answer:verb,dive

dive

Correct Answer:adverb,quietly

quietly

Q5.
A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word. Select the synonyms for 'quiet'.
Correct answer: peaceful
booming
Correct answer: silent
mild
balmy
Q6.
Word pairs are words that often appear together. Match the word pairs together that make the most sense.
Correct Answer:scrumptious,pudding

pudding

Correct Answer:meagre,portion

portion

Correct Answer:irresistible ,charm

charm

Correct Answer:stale,bread

bread

6 Questions

Q1.
What word does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
submerge
plunge
Correct answer: drenched
Q2.
What word does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: squirt
plunge
immerse
Q3.
What word does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
douse
squirt
Correct answer: plunge
Q4.
Which of the following are synonyms of 'submerged'?
splashed
Correct answer: sunken
wet
sprayed
Correct answer: underwater
Q5.
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Stax __________ headfirst from the boat into the sea to cool down.
Correct answer: plunged
submerged
squirted
Q6.
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Plato tried to __________ the flames with a glass of water, but the fire kept on burning.'
immerse
Correct answer: douse
drenched
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