What does appreciative mean?
Word: Appreciative
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Appreciative means showing that you are thankful for something, or that you enjoy and value it.
Synonyms: thankful
How do you spell appreciative?
Syllables: ap - pre - cia - tive
Tricky part: The sh sound in the middle is spelt ci, not sh or ti. Appreshiative and appretiative are common slips.
Watch out for: appreshiative, appretiative
Memory tip: Being appreciative is a special skill, and special spells its sh sound with the same ci.
Appreciative in a sentence
Example 1: The teachers were appreciative of the parents who helped at sports day.
Example 2: Grandma gave an appreciative smile when she tasted my first pancake.
Example 3: An appreciative crowd stayed to cheer every runner across the finish line.
Fun Fact
The word goes back to the Latin pretium, 'price', the same root that gave English the words price and precious.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: appreciative
a) jealous
b) careless
c) curious
d) grateful
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d) grateful. Someone appreciative is grateful for what others have done.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) generous
b) apreciative
c) considerate
d) courteous
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b) apreciative. Appreciative needs a double p after the first a.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rcptvieipaea
a) appreciative
b) apprentice
c) approximate
d) participate
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a) appreciative. These twelve letters include a v, and only appreciative has one.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Grandma was appreciative of the scarf I knitted, although one end was a little uneaven.
a) scarf
b) knitted
c) appreciative
d) uneaven
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d) uneaven. Uneven is just even with un in front, so there is no a in it.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The audience was appreciative after the school concert. What did they probably do?
a) asked for the songs to stop
b) talked through the songs
c) left before the end
d) clapped loudly and cheered
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d) clapped loudly and cheered
2. Which note shows that Sonal is appreciative of her coach?
a) Please send me the match timetable.
b) I would like to move to another team.
c) Why do we always have to run so many laps?
d) Thank you for all the extra practice sessions.
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d) Thank you for all the extra practice sessions.
