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Spell Bee Word: Careful

Careful (adjective): paying attention to what you are doing so that nothing goes wrong and nobody gets hurt.


What does careful mean?

Word: Careful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Careful means paying attention to what you are doing so that nothing goes wrong and nobody gets hurt.

Synonyms: watchful, cautious

How do you spell careful?

Syllables: care - ful

Tricky part: The ending ful has only one l, even though the word full has two.

Watch out for: carefull, carefool

Memory tip: The word full keeps two l's, but when it is stuck on the end of another word it lets one go.

Careful in a sentence

Example 1: Be careful when you cross the road.

Example 2: Riya was careful not to spill the milk.

Example 3: A careful driver always wears a seat belt.

Fun Fact

In Old English the word meant full of worry or sorrow. The sense of taking care came much later.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

careful

a) carer
b) cares
c) careless
d) caring

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c) careless. Careful means taking care, and careless means taking no care.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) caireful
b) kerful
c) careful
d) cairful

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c) careful. The first part keeps the vowels of care: an a, then an e after the r.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Be kareful with the hot tea.

a) kareful
b) hot
c) with
d) tea

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a) kareful. Careful begins with c, the same letter as in care and cat.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ulfecar

a) careluf
b) craeful
c) carfeul
d) careful

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d) careful. Only one choice can be read as a word that means taking care.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is a careful thing to do?

a) run down the stairs
b) hold the rail on the stairs
c) jump the last three steps
d) read while going downstairs

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b) hold the rail on the stairs

2. People often say 'Be careful!' when ____.

a) the school bell rings
b) the floor is wet
c) you get full marks
d) it is your birthday

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b) the floor is wet

Associated Words

Words that end in -ful: playful, awful, faithful, thankful, joyful, peaceful

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: watchful, cautious

More words from this list

discover, giddy, ink, mischief, publish, slight, tractor, again

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