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    The document provides examples of words ordered from weakest to strongest meaning. It includes lists of words related to concepts like emotion, actions, sizes, and states of being. Readers are tasked with ordering the words in each list based on their strength or intensity of meaning. They are then asked to complete sentences by selecting the strongest word from examples provided. The goal is to understand and demonstrate shades of meaning between similar words.

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    The document provides examples of words ordered from weakest to strongest meaning. It includes lists of words related to concepts like emotion, actions, sizes, and states of being. Readers are tasked with ordering the words in each list based on their strength or intensity of meaning. They are then asked to complete sentences by selecting the strongest word from examples provided. The goal is to understand and demonstrate shades of meaning between similar words.

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    Cline WORDS

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    Cline wORDS

    promise - pledge - vow


    Chilly - cold - freezing
    Flat - shallow - deep - fathomless
    advise - order - command
    Mild - warm - hot - boiling - sweltering
    small - big - huge - gigantic
    Excellent - amazing - fabulous - awesome
    Friendly - sociable - outgoing - gregarious
    Called - shouted - yelled - screamed - shrieked
    Small - medium - large

    Read more on Brainly.ph - https://brainly.ph/question/672804#readmore


    Read these lists of words carefully. You need to put them in order according
    to their

    meaning. Ask yourself ‘Which word has the strongest meaning? Which has
    the weakest

    meaning?’ Write the weakest words first.

    1.Grumpy, cross, furious

    2. Eat, gobble, nibble

    3. Sip, swig, swallow, gulp

    4. Wreck, destroy, damage

    5. Shining, sparkling, glittering, dazzling

    6. Pretend, fake, phoney

    7. Boring, dull, tedious, uninteresting.

    8. Lump, particle, speck, chunk

    9. Great, big, enormous, gigantic

    10. Awake, sleepy, tired, asleep


    Task 2:

    Complete these sentences with the strongest word in each set.

    1. John ................... the door loudly.

    [ shut, slammed, banged]

    2. The towels were .

    [ hairy, scratchy, rough]

    3. May’s weather was .

    [ scorching, hot warm]


    4. “What do you think you are doing?” the referee.

    [whispered, snapped, yelled]

    5. Joe was when his puppy went missing.

    [sad, depressed, tearful, heartbroken]

    LO: To order words according to shades of meaning.

    Task 3

    Make a list of all the words you know that mean ‘happy’.

    Write them in order from weakest to strongest.

    Task 4

    Use some of your words to fill in the spaces in these sentences. Make sure you choose the

    most appropriate word for the sentence. [you are only allowed to use ‘happy’ once!]

    1. Reg looked out of the window and was to see a thin layer of snow.

    2. Mary was absolutely when she won the lottery.

    3. Max wasn’t very when he realised he’d left his homework at home.

    4. Mrs Brown was when she watched her son in the school play.

    5. Mr Alan was with the school report.

    6. After twenty years, John was to see his brother from Australia.

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