Year 6 Emotions words worksheet

“Hope words: auspicious or sanguine” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 English unit “Emotions words”, for children aged 10 to 11, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 14 to 15 of the year, 8 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Hope words: auspicious or sanguine

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can choose between auspicious and sanguine, using each word where it fits.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which word means the same as 'happy'?
gladsadtired
2.
Which mark ends this question? 'Will the match start at noon'
?.!
3.
Look at the picture. Which word fills the gap and is a noun?
bravefirefightersrescued

B Watch me, then you4 min

Read the sentence. Then see how the word auspicious fits a sign.

Watch me

Step 1: auspicious describes a sign or situation, so it fits a sky.

Step 2: the word pair is auspicious sign.

Step 3: The sky was clear. It was an auspicious sign for the climbers.

Now you

1.
Circle the word that fits: 'The team had an ___ start to the season.'
auspicioussanguineidealistic

C Your turn8 min

Each row changes one thing. Circle the word, or write your own sentence where asked.

1.
Circle the word that fits: 'Dark clouds lifted as the race began. It was an ___ moment for the runners.'
auspicioussanguineidealistic
2.
Circle the word that fits: 'Despite losing three games, the coach stayed ___ about the season.'
sanguineauspiciousidealistic
3.
Circle the word that fits: 'His plan is ___, and it may never happen.'
auspiciousidealisticencouraging
4.
Write one sentence about a person who keeps hope through a storm. Start with 'Although' or 'Despite'. Use the word sanguine.

Say it out loud: Did the word describe a sign, or a person's mood? How could you tell?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A clear blue sky above a mountain ridge at first light

Kit says: “The sky was sanguine this morning, so the climb looked good.”

1.
Which word should Kit use for the sky? Circle one.
auspicioussanguineidealistic

E Think deeper4 min

A grey rainy football pitch with a patch of blue sky breaking through

1.
Write two sentences about the rainy pitch. In one, use auspicious for the sky. In the other, use sanguine for a player. Then explain in one line how you knew which word fitted.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Hope words: auspicious or sanguine · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. glad If your child chose sad, they may have picked the opposite. Ask: does this word mean happy or unhappy?

2. ?

3. firefighters If your child chose brave, that word describes the firefighters. Ask: which word names a person or thing?

B

1. auspicious If your child chose sanguine, remind them it describes a person's mood. Ask: is a start a sign or a person?

C

1. auspicious

2. sanguine If your child chose auspicious, that word is for a sign or situation, not a person. Ask: is this about the coach's mood or about a sign?

3. idealistic If your child chose encouraging, that word means cheering someone on. Ask: does the plan sound hopeful but unrealistic?

4. Look for: A complex sentence starting Although or Despite, describing a person's mood with sanguine, such as sanguine outlook.

D

1. auspicious If your child kept sanguine, they think it means sunny. It describes a person's mood. Ask: who in this story is feeling hopeful?

E

1. Look for: Two sentences: auspicious describes the sky or a sign, sanguine describes a player's mood, plus a one-line reason.

Words to use

Say“Is this word describing a sign, or a person's mood? How could you tell?”

Instead of“That's the wrong word. It's the other one. Just learn them both by heart.”

After the sheet

At teatime, each person says one sentence about the weather outside. One uses auspicious for the sky, one uses sanguine for someone in the room. Vote on which word fits best.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

7 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Choosing happy words(with a plan)
Precise words for trying hard(with a plan)
Words for Surprise(with a plan)
Precise words for feeling bad(with a plan)
Choosing Anger Words(with a plan)
Stressed and scared words(with a plan)
Words for feeling sad(with a plan)

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