Rich vocabulary associated with anger
I can effectively use the words ‘livid’, ‘spiteful’ and other rich vocabulary associated with anger.
Rich vocabulary associated with anger
I can effectively use the words ‘livid’, ‘spiteful’ and other rich vocabulary associated with anger.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'Livid' is an adjective which means extremely angry or furious.
- 'Spiteful' is an adjective which means hateful or mean.
- A 'grudge' is an adjective which means hatred; when you stay angry with someone and refuse to forgive them.
- 'Furious', 'irritated' and 'raging' are other rich vocabulary associated with anger.
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
Common misconception
As 'furious', 'livid' and 'raging' have similar meanings and word pairs, pupils answers may vary in Task C.
Explain to pupils that there is more than one option that can work in the three sentences that contain these words. The word maps from previous tasks might help them to find the best answers.
Licence
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