a naming word for people, places or things

a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time

More rich vocabulary associated with dark and rainy words

English

Rich vocabulary associated with cloudy words

More rich vocabulary associated with cloudy words

Rich vocabulary associated with dark and rainy words

In this unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with weather. In the next unit, pupils learn a  range of rich vocabulary associated with taste and smell.

In 'Weather: cold, calm and stormy words', pupils learnt a range of vocabulary to describe the weather. In this unit, pupils learn a broader  range of weather vocabulary, focusing on cloudy, dark and rainy words.

In this unit, pupils learn a wider range of vocabulary to support writing descriptively about the weather, including ambitious vocabulary for cloudy, dark and rainy words that can be applied to descriptive writing passages.

Weather: cloudy, dark and rainy words

What adjective does this image represent?

Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe a **silence**?

Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'Grit's __________ task of counting grains of sand on the beach was sending him mad!'

Which image represents the word **bleak**?

Which image represents the word **downpour**?

Which image represents the word **drab**?

Select the correct definition of **bleak**.

Select the correct definition of **downpour**.

Select the correct definition of **drab**.

More rich vocabulary associated with dark and rainy words

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