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Rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst

Taste and smell words

Unit Summary

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

Lesson Summary

You will learn to effectively use the words 'crave' and 'insatiable' and other rich vocabulary associated with hunger or thirst.

Key Notes

  • 'Crave' is a verb which means to long for or desire.
  • 'Insatiable' is an adjective which means greedy or impossible to satisfy.
  • 'Voracious', 'ravenous', 'parched', and 'famished' are other adjectives related to hunger and thirst.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • noun: a naming word for people, places or things
  • adjective: a word that describes a noun
  • verb: a being, a doing or a having word
  • synonym: a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
  • word pair: words that often appear together

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • In some of the sentences in Task C, question 9, there is more than one option as some of these words have a very similar meaning, such as 'famished' and 'ravenous'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

'Crave' is a verb which means to long for or desire. 'Insatiable' is an adjective which means greedy or impossible to satisfy.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'noun'

a naming word for people, places or things.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: In some of the sentences in Task C, question 9, there is more than one option as some of these words have a very similar meaning, such as 'famished' and 'ravenous'. Correction: Discuss which of the sentences have a clear option to fit in the gap and then look at the ones left over. Discuss which words could fit here and why there is more than one option. Let pupils pick according to what they think sounds the best.

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