Rich vocabulary associated with happiness
I can effectively use the words ‘ecstatic’, ‘gleeful’ and other rich vocabulary associated with happiness.
Rich vocabulary associated with happiness
I can effectively use the words ‘ecstatic’, ‘gleeful’ and other rich vocabulary associated with happiness.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'Ecstatic' is an adjective which means blissful or perfectly happy.
- 'Gleeful' is an adjective which means cheerful or merry.
- 'Exhilarated' is an adjective which means excited or thrilled.
- 'Light-hearted', 'overjoyed' and 'contented' are other rich vocabulary associated with happiness.
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
Pupils may find 'exhilarated' hard to use in a sentence with the word pairs provided.
Provide pupils with additional sentences using this word so they can hear how to use it in context.
Licence
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