Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 8 of 9
Describing Words
Opposites and describing words
What your child practises
Opposites (hot and cold) and describing words that tell how something looks, feels, tastes or sounds, including finding the describing word in a sentence.
BC Curriculum learning standard: Language features: vocabulary, opposites and describing words
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Find the describing word: “Zoe hugs her little dog.”
- little
- hugs
- dog
Show answer
little
Hint: A describing word tells what something is like, such as big, red or soft.
Question 2
What is the opposite of “loud”?
📢loud- 🐘big
- ⬆️up
- 🤫quiet
Show answer
🤫 quiet
Hint: Opposites are as different as can be, like loud and quiet.
Question 3
Which word tells about the picture?
🦒giraffe- short
- spiky
- tall
Show answer
tall
Hint: Think about how it looks, feels, tastes or sounds.
Question 4
Find the describing word: “Jay drank cold milk.”
- milk
- Jay
- cold
Show answer
cold
Hint: A describing word tells what something is like, such as big, red or soft.
Question 5
Which word tells about the picture?
❄️snowflake- hot
- loud
- cold
Show answer
cold
Hint: Think about how it looks, feels, tastes or sounds.
Question 6
Which word tells about the picture?
⚽ball- furry
- spiky
- round
Show answer
round
Hint: Think about how it looks, feels, tastes or sounds.