Rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst
I can effectively use the words ‘crave’ and ‘insatiable’ and other rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst.
Rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst
I can effectively use the words ‘crave’ and ‘insatiable’ and other rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst.
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Key learning points
- 'Crave' is a verb which means to long for or desire.
- 'Insatiable' is an adjective which means greedy or impossible to satisfy.
- 'Voracious', 'ravenous', 'parched', and 'famished' are other adjectives related to hunger and thirst.
Common misconception
In some of the sentences in Task C, question 9, there is more than one option as some of these words have a very similar meaning, such as 'famished' and 'ravenous'.
Discuss which of the sentences have a clear option to fit in the gap and then look at the ones left over. Discuss which words could fit here and why there is more than one option. Let pupils pick according to what they think sounds the best.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Verb - a being, a doing or a having word
Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
Word pair - words that often appear together
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