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Spell Bee Word: Beautiful


What does beautiful mean?

Word: Beautiful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Beautiful means very pleasing to look at or to hear.

Synonyms: pretty

Antonyms: ugly

How do you spell beautiful?

Syllables: beau - ti - ful

Tricky part: The start is b-e-a-u, though we only hear byoo. Children often leave out the e or the a.

Watch out for: butiful, beatiful

Memory tip: Big Elephants Are Usually Beautiful. The first letters of the first four words give the tricky start, b-e-a-u.

Beautiful in a sentence

Example 1: What a beautiful rangoli you have made.

Example 2: The garden looks beautiful after the rain.

Example 3: My sister sang a beautiful song at the assembly.

Fun Fact

The beau at the start comes from a French word meaning fine or handsome.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sunshine
b) beautyful
c) garden
d) yellow

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b) beautyful. In beautiful, the y of beauty changes to i before -ful.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: beautiful

a) dirty
b) dull
c) lovely
d) plain

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c) lovely. Lovely and beautiful both describe something very nice to look at.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We saw a beautifull rainbow over the lake.

a) saw
b) beautifull
c) rainbow
d) lake

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b) beautifull. Words ending in -ful, like helpful and colourful, have only one l.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

beauttiful

a) i
b) f
c) t
d) u

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c) t. Beautiful has a single t, after the beau.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a beautiful thing to hear?

a) a door banging
b) a car alarm at night
c) a dog growling
d) birds singing at dawn

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d) birds singing at dawn

2. Most people would call ____ beautiful.

a) a sunset over the sea
b) a dripping tap
c) a pile of rubbish
d) a crack in the wall

Show answer

a) a sunset over the sea

Associated Words

ferrycutefabriccrawlmonkey
joyfuldifferenttoweltiredfriday

More words from this list

cheer, door, future, kitten, palm, sailor, suit, wish

Next steps

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