Choose Appropriate Vocabulary

In this worksheet, students will develop their understanding of age-specific vocabulary.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 6 English worksheets

Curriculum topic: Writing: Composition

Curriculum subtopic: Grammar and Vocabulary Awareness

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Worksheet Overview

scrabble tiles saying words

There are so many brilliant words in the English language.

Understanding which word is perfect for what you are writing can be extremely useful. It makes your writing much more enjoyable for a reader.

In this activity, you will see lots of words that you should recognise and understand. Your mission will be to fit them into sentences in the best possible way.

Here are a list of 20 words – you can check them whenever you need to by clicking on the red help button on the screen.

apparent

cemetery

competition

controversy

determined

embarrass

explanation

frequently

hindrance

immediately

leisure

muscle

neighbour

opportunity

persuade

privilege

recognise

rhythm

twelfth

vehicle

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