The Wonderful Words Pack

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About This Presentation

The Wonderful Words Pack is here to help your children expand their vocabulary… helping them to use a wider range of amazing words in their written and spoken language.

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Nouns are used to
name a person,
animal, place,
thing or idea.
apple doctor garden
magic railway
balloon volcano dinosaur
birthday camera
ocean holiday street

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Adjectives are
describing words.
beautifulhandsome important
famous grumpy
calm jolly tiny
gigantic thundering
delightful ancient empty

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Verbs are
‘doing’ words.
They usually tell us
about an action.
ask dance help
open share
answer drive invent
play tremble
enjoy jump push

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baking glowing on firesummery
balmy heated roastingsweltering
boilinglukewarmscorchingtemperate
burning meltingsizzling tepid
flushed mild snug toasty

arctic crisp gelidpiercing
bittercuttingglacial raw
bleakfreezing icy shivery
chilledfrostyinclementsiberian
cool frozen nippy snappy
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ample jumbo
bulky mammoth
burly massive
colossal prodigious
copious sizeable
enormous substantial
gigantic tremendous
heavyweight vast
hulking voluminous
immense whopping
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Read as much
as you can!Read
different
types of
books Read
magazines Read books
from different
genres Read books
by different
authors Read old
books and
new books Read online Read
newspapers

Listen to other people reading!
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Listen to
stories!
Listen to
audiobooks
and podcasts!

Find out about words
that you don’t know!
Ask somebody
to explain what
they mean!
Find out the definitions
using a dictionary!
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Use clues in the
text to work out
the meaning!

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acts like a monkey
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as angry as a bull
as big as a bus
as black as coal
as blind as a bat

as bold as brass
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as brave as a lion
as bright as
a blazing star
as busy as a bee
as clean as a whistle

as clear as a bell
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as clear as mud
as cold as ice
as cool as
a cucumber
as cunning as a fox

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abide
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
To agree and follow a rule or decision.
Everyone in our class agreed to abide by the school rules.

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debacle
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
A sudden disaster or failure.
Everyone agreed the surprise party was a complete debacle.

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extraterrestrial
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
Something that comes from outside planet Earth.
The meteorite was extraterrestrial.

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hostile
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
Being very unfriendly and showing dislike.
Ann’s parents were very hostile towards her new friend.

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nemesis
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
Something that cannot be beaten, which causes your downfall.
The cramp was his nemesis, causing him to retire from the race.

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provoke
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
To deliberately make someone angry.
The naughty class tried to provoke their teacher!
into losing his temper.

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stroll
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
To walk slowly.
The little old lady liked to take a stroll!
with her little dog in the afternoon.

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vexed
What does this word mean?!
Can you use this word in a sentence?
Annoyed, frustrated or worried.
The long wait for the delayed train!
vexed everyone at the station.

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Thank you for looking
at this preview of our
Wonderful Words Pack.
You can download the complete
teaching resource pack from
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the-wonderful-words-pack/
Helen and Mark