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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 8 of 13

Describing Words

Opposites and describing words

What your child practices

Opposites (hot and cold) and describing words that tell how something looks, feels, tastes or sounds, including finding the describing word in a sentence.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 1.2.1.3; 1.1.8.1 · using nouns, verbs and describing words, and how words give meaning

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Describing words tell how something looks, feels or sounds.
  2. Opposites mean very different things: big and small.
  3. Other opposites: fast and slow, loud and quiet.

Example: What is the opposite of “hot”? Hot is very warm. Its opposite is cold. Answer: cold

Describing Words in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 8 of 13 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Story Time and before More Than One.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word tells about the picture?

    🐘elephant
    • fluffy
    • tiny
    • big

  2. Question 2

    Find the describing word: “Leo sees a red bus.”

    • Leo
    • red
    • bus

  3. Question 3

    Find the describing word: “Maya found a tiny bug.”

    • Maya
    • tiny
    • found

  4. Question 4

    What is the opposite of “day”?

    ☀️day
    • 📖open
    • 🤫quiet
    • 🌙night

  5. Question 5

    Which word tells about the picture?

    🍭lollipop
    • salty
    • sweet
    • loud

  6. Question 6

    Which word tells about the picture?

    😴
    • angry
    • sleepy
    • fast

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