Precise Words: Shades of Meaning — Answers

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Year 4 · English · Vocabulary

Precise Words: Shades of Meaning — Answers

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Part A — Which is strongest?

These words have similar meanings but different strengths. Circle the answer.

1.Which word shows the most anger?

Aannoyed
Bcross
Cfurious
Dgrumpy

Answer: furious

'Furious' means extremely angry.

2.Which word shows the most happiness?

Acontent
Bpleased
Chappy
Doverjoyed

Answer: overjoyed

'Overjoyed' means extremely happy.

3.Which word means moving the slowest?

Ajog
Bstroll
Csprint
Drun

Answer: stroll

A stroll is a slow, relaxed walk.

4.Which word is the loudest?

Awhisper
Bmumble
Cspeak
Dshout

Answer: shout

'Shout' is the loudest way to speak.

5.Which word is the coldest?

Acool
Bchilly
Cfreezing
Dmild

Answer: freezing

'Freezing' is the most extreme cold.

6.Which word means the biggest?

Alarge
Bgigantic
Cbig
Dsizeable

Answer: gigantic

'Gigantic' means enormous.

Part B — Weakest to strongest

Write the words in order from weakest to strongest.

7.warm, hot, scorching, lukewarm

Answer: lukewarm, warm, hot, scorching

8.good, outstanding, fine, excellent

Answer: fine, good, excellent, outstanding

9.tap, smash, hit

Answer: tap, hit, smash

10.glance, stare, look

Answer: glance, look, stare

Part C — Better than 'said'

Choose the verb that matches how the words were spoken.

11."Help!" she . (whispered / screamed)

Answer: screamed

12."I guess so," he . (mumbled / cheered)

Answer: mumbled

13."Don't wake the baby," Mum . (whispered / yelled)

Answer: whispered

14."We won!" the team . (sighed / cheered)

Answer: cheered

Part D — Make it precise

15.Rewrite this sentence so it is more precise and vivid. Replace walked, said and nice: *The man walked into the room and said that the food was nice.*

Model answer: The man strode into the room and announced that the food was delicious.

Success criteria:

All three words replaced
New words fit the meaning of the sentence
New words are more precise than the originals
Capital letter and full stop

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