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Key Stage 1
Meaning
To identify is to find out what something is or what it's made from.
- Verb: Identify
About Identifying
You can identify something by how it smells, feels, looks and sounds. If it smells stinky, feels furry, it looks like it has a tail that wags and it makes a woof sound, then it is a dog.
Examples
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| You can identify a flower by its petals. | I identified the reptile by its dry scales. |
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| I identified that this cup is made of glass because it is transparent, hard and stiff. | You can identify that this cup is made of plastic because it is hard, bendy and waterproof. |
- It is a flower because it has petals.
- It is a reptile because it has dry scales.
- It is a wooden table because it has a flat top, 4 legs and is made of wood.
- It is a ball because it is round and bouncy.
Used in a sentence
- You can identify a flower by its petals.
- I identified the reptile by its dry scales.
- A table can be identified by its shape and what it is made of.
- If it is round and bouncy it can be identified as a ball.