Rich vocabulary associated with the night

English

In 'Emotions words' pupils learnt a range of rich vocabulary to describe emotions. In this unit, pupils learn a range of rich vocabulary associated with settings.

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

Setting words

Which of the following are synonyms of **twilight**?

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'In the dead of night, the __________ creature stared at its prey with glowing, red eyes.'

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'The __________ night was so bright that Oz could see the thief creeping across the garden.'

Which image represents the word **treacherous**?

Which image represents the word **murky**?

Which image represents the word **choppy**?

Select the correct definition of **frothy**.

Select the correct definition of **stagnant**.

Select the correct definition of **shimmering**.

Starter Quiz