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Year 5 Vocabulary Practice

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Year 5 Vocabulary Practice

Read each word carefully. Use clues in the sentences to work out meanings, and check that each word makes sense in context.

Match each word to its meaning

Match the vocabulary word on the left with the definition that best fits it on the right.

Choose a word for each sentence

Use each word from the word bank no more than once. Word bank: anxious, cautious, enormous, furious, examine, magnificent, peculiar, persuade.

1.Nikau and Aisha noticed a strange noise behind the canteen counter, so they asked an adult to help them it.
2.Tane felt before speaking in front of the whole class.
3.The blue whale in the book looked much bigger than the boat beside it.
4.When the canteen order was mixed up for the third time, the customer became .
5.A smell drifted from the lunch bag, and nobody could guess what it was.
6.Be when carrying a hot pie back to your table.

Write with vocabulary

Write a short adventure paragraph of four or five sentences. Include at least four words from the word bank: enormous, examine, cautious, persuade, peculiar, magnificent, anxious, furious.

7.Write an adventure paragraph of four or five sentences that uses at least four of the vocabulary words listed above.
8.After writing, list the vocabulary words you used in your paragraph.

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  • Year 5 Vocabulary Practice, page 1 of 2: Match each word to its meaning, Choose a word for each sentence

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  • Year 5 Vocabulary Practice, page 2 of 2: Write with vocabulary

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