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Year 5
Rich vocabulary associated with flavour
I can use the words ‘bland’, ‘savoury’, ‘tangy’, ‘tart’, ‘peppery’ and ‘sugary’ effectively in multiple contexts.
New
New
Year 5
Rich vocabulary associated with flavour
I can use the words ‘bland’, ‘savoury’, ‘tangy’, ‘tart’, ‘peppery’ and ‘sugary’ effectively in multiple contexts.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- 'Bland' is an adjective which means plain and flavourless.
- 'Savoury' is an adjective which means salty and spicy.
- 'Tangy' is an adjective which means flavourful and sharp.
- 'Tart', 'peppery' and 'sugary' are other adjectives related to flavour.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Synoynm - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
Word pair - words that often appear together
Common misconception
Pupils might spell 'savoury' without a 'u': 'savory'.
Savory and savoury are both English terms. Savory is predominantly used in American English while savoury is predominantly used in British English.
Depending on the amount of time you have for the lesson, you could ask children to write sentences using the different words (and word pairs) they learn in this lesson.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is the definition of an adjective?
a naming word for people, places or things
a doing or being word
Q2.
What is the correct definition of a noun?
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
Q4.
Match the examples to the correct word class.
sausage
delicious
gobbled
Q5.
A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word. Select the synonyms for 'food'.
drink
slurp
yummy
Q6.
Word pairs are words that often appear together. Match the word pairs together that make the most sense.
orange
jelly
curry
yoghurt
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6 Questions
Q1.
What word does this image represent?
sugary
tangy
bland
Q2.
What word does this image represent?
savoury
bland
Q3.
What word does this image represent?
sugary
savoury
bland
Q4.
Which of the following are synonyms of 'bland'?
spicy
peppery
citrusy
Q5.
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Armie liked spicy food so he ordered __________ steak with extra chilli.'
tart
sugary
bland
Q6.
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Oz could tell from her friend's __________ smile that she didn't think much of the wedding dress she was trying on.'
savoury
tangy
sugary
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