Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 10
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.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Reading: Vocabulary · describing words and opposites
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
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
🤫 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
tall
Hint: Think about how it looks, feels, tastes or sounds.
Question 4
Find the describing word: “Jay drank cold milk.”
- milk
- Jay
- cold
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
cold
Hint: Think about how it looks, feels, tastes or sounds.
Question 6
Which word tells about the picture?
⚽ball- furry
- spiky
- round
round
Hint: Think about how it looks, feels, tastes or sounds.