More rich vocabulary associated with dark and rainy words
I can use the words 'dreary', 'ominous' and 'splattered' effectively in multiple contexts.
More rich vocabulary associated with dark and rainy words
I can use the words 'dreary', 'ominous' and 'splattered' effectively in multiple contexts.
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Key learning points
- Dreary is an adjective which means boring or miserable.
- Ominous is an adjective which means scary, threatening or menacing.
- Splattered is an adjective which means splashed or sprinkled.
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
Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time
Common misconception
Pupils might use 'splattered' as a verb instead of an adjective. For example, 'The raindrops splattered onto her forehead' instead of 'She wiped the splattered drops of rain off her forehead'.
Allow pupils to also use the word as a verb; just make sure they understand that this is a different word class. Look at sentences where it is used as a verb and an adjective and ask pupils to identify the word class.
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