a naming word for people, places or things

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

Rich vocabulary associated with the word wet

English

Rich vocabulary associated with fight or battle

Rich vocabulary associated with looking or seeing

Rich vocabulary associated with chaos and confusion

Rich vocabulary associated with being lazy or relaxing

Rich vocabulary associated with hard-work

Rich vocabulary associated with running

Rich vocabulary associated with walking

In this unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with action. In the next unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with emotions.

In 'Taste and smell words', pupils learnt a range of rich vocabulary to describe taste and smell. In this unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with action.

In this unit, pupils learn a wider range of vocabulary to support writing descriptively about characters, settings and scenes, including ambitious vocabulary for action words that can be applied to descriptive writing passages.

Action words

a word that can describe a verb or an adjective

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