EnglishYear 5

Describing Words — Series 18

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

1.

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

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The 1 timing of the announcement suggested it had been planned well in advance.

He was fascinated by how 2 techniques had been used to produce such a lasting structure.

He placed the notice in a 3 spot where it could not possibly be overlooked.

He built a 4 business from almost nothing over the course of twenty years.

He described the view as 5, the light bouncing off every surface of the snow.

He returned from the expedition 6, having survived on very little for several days.

He was 7 in his pursuit of the truth, regardless of who it might implicate.

He believed that some commitments were 8 and could not be broken under any circumstances.

He had survived in the 9 wilderness for three weeks before being found.

With resources becoming increasingly 10, difficult decisions could no longer be avoided.

2.

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