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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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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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Key learning points

  1. 'Bland' is an adjective which means plain and flavourless.
  2. 'Savoury' is an adjective which means salty and spicy.
  3. 'Tangy' is an adjective which means flavourful and sharp.
  4. '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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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,sausage
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sausage

Correct Answer:adjective,delicious
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delicious

Correct Answer:verb,gobbled
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gobbled

Q5.
A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word. Select the synonyms for 'food'.
Correct answer: meal
drink
slurp
yummy
Correct answer: snack
Q6.
Word pairs are words that often appear together. Match the word pairs together that make the most sense.
Correct Answer:juicy,orange
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orange

Correct Answer:wobbly,jelly
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jelly

Correct Answer:spicy,curry
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curry

Correct Answer:creamy,yoghurt
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yoghurt

6 Questions

Q1.
What word does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
sugary
Correct answer: savoury
tangy
bland
Q2.
What word does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: sugary
savoury
bland
Q3.
What word does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
sugary
savoury
Correct answer: tangy
bland
Q4.
Which of the following are synonyms of 'bland'?
Correct answer: plain
spicy
peppery
Correct answer: boring
citrusy
Q5.
Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Armie liked spicy food so he ordered __________ steak with extra chilli.'
tart
sugary
Correct answer: peppery
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
Correct answer: bland
tangy
sugary
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