Rich vocabulary associated with beauty

English

In this unit, pupils learn a range of vocabulary to support writing about characters, including big, beautiful and eye words.  In the next unit, pupils learn a wider range of vocabulary to describe characters, including small, confident and shy words.

In this unit, pupils learn to grow their descriptive vocabulary in discrete lessons for the first time. They learn a range of vocabulary to support writing about characters, including ambitious vocabulary for big, beautiful and eye words that can be applied to descriptive writing passages.

Character: big, beautiful and eye words

What adjective does this image represent?

Match the word with the correct definition.

Select the missing word to complete the sentence. Oz had such an __________ posture in the ballet audition that she was bound to get the part!

Select the missing word to complete the sentence. The burglar squinted in the __________ light of the police torch.

Which image represents the word 'gargantuan'?

large, heavily built or stocky; like someone with a big body and chunky muscles

huge or enormous; like a giant who towers above you in the air

strong and tough; like something so hardy it can’t be hurt or broken

Select the correct definition for 'gargantuan'.

Select the correct definition for 'bulky'.

Select the **three** appropriate word pairs for 'gargantuan'.

Select the **three** appropriate word pairs for 'bulky'.

Starter Quiz