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'The Magic Porridge Pot': reading and writing
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Which of these words are adjectives?
trees
green ✓
forest
woman
tall ✓
Which adjectives would you choose to best describe the pot the old woman gives Jin in the story?
dirty
busy
magical ✓
long
Match the word to the correct word class.
pushed
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verb ✓
tall
⇔
adjective ✓
village
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noun ✓
Which verb best fills the gap in this sentence: The porridge __________ the streets.
emptied
ate
hopped
flooded ✓
Finish this sentence: The porridge pot overflowed because...
Jin was unkind to people.
Jin said the magic words twice. ✓
Jin left the oven on whilst it was cooking.
a gust of wind came into the room and stirred up a storm in the kitchen.
Which is the only sentence that is correct as it makes sense?
Said Jin the magic words twice.
Jin the magic words twice.
Jin said the magic words twice. ✓
Jin said magic twice.
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