Rich vocabulary associated with dark and rainy words

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Rich vocabulary associated with cloudy words

More rich vocabulary associated with cloudy words

More 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 might you describe as **incessant**?

Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'The outlook seemed __________ for Plato’s burger van as he was making less money every day.'

Which image represents the word **overcast**?

Which image represents the word **swirling**?

Which image represents the word **wispy**?

Select the correct definition of **overcast**.

Select the correct definition of **swirling**.

Select the correct definition of **wispy**.

Rich vocabulary associated with dark and rainy words

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