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Spell Bee Word: Beneficial


Basic Details

Word: Beneficial

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Good for you or helpful in some way. Exercise is beneficial for the body.

Synonyms: helpful, useful, good

Antonyms: harmful

How to Spell Beneficial

Syllables: ben - e - fi - cial

Tricky part: The letter after ben is e, not i, and the ending is cial, with a c where you hear sh.

Watch out for: benificial, benefitial, beneficail

Memory tip: Start with bene, add fi, and finish with the same cial you see in special.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Drinking enough water is beneficial on a hot day.

Example 2: The extra classes were beneficial for the whole group.

Example 3: Earthworms are beneficial to farmers because they loosen the soil.

Fun Fact

Some bacteria are beneficial. A spoonful of curd stirred into warm milk adds the bacteria that turn it into fresh dahi by morning.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) speshal
b) beneficial
c) artifitial
d) offical

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b) beneficial. Bene at the front and cial at the back give beneficial.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

beneficial

a) healthy
b) useful
c) helpful
d) harmful

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d) harmful. Harmful means doing damage, the opposite of doing good.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

ben_fi_ial

a) e, c
b) e, s
c) i, c
d) i, t

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a) e, c. It is ben-e-fi-cial, with e after n and c before ial.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lacifeneib

a) benificial
b) benefical
c) beneficial
d) beneficail

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c) beneficial. Look for bene at the start and cial at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is beneficial for your teeth?

a) eating sweets all day
b) biting hard stones
c) brushing twice a day
d) never visiting a dentist

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c) brushing twice a day

2. Rain was beneficial for the crops. This means the rain:

a) counted the crops
b) spoilt the crops
c) hid the crops
d) helped the crops

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d) helped the crops

Associated Words

coastlinetreatattractspoilknow
carameltigressprincessbeanvegetable

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