EnglishYear 5

Describing Words — Series 1

Choose the correct describing word from the box to complete each sentence.

1.

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

colossalcompassionateartificialcatastrophiccomposeddesolatebafflingcorruptcourageousabundant

The forest after the rains was full of 1 fruit, hanging low from every branch.

The flowers looked real at first glance, but on closer inspection they were completely 2.

The sudden disappearance of the document remained 3 to everyone involved in the case.

The 4 failure of the system brought the entire network to a standstill within minutes.

The 5 statue had dominated the harbour entrance for nearly three hundred years.

The 6 nurse stayed past the end of her shift to sit with the anxious patient.

She remained perfectly 7 under questioning, even when the answers were difficult.

The investigation revealed that the official had been 8 for years without detection.

The 9 journalist continued to publish the story despite receiving serious threats.

The 10 landscape stretched in every direction without a single sign of life.

2.

Now write your own sentence using one of the words above.