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Spell Bee Word: Cautious


Basic Details

Word: Cautious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Careful to avoid danger or mistakes; thinking before you act.

Synonyms: careful, alert, watchful

Antonyms: careless, reckless

How to Spell Cautious

Syllables: cau - tious

Tricky part: Two vowel groups trip children up: au at the start and iou at the end. Cautios and caushus are the usual mistakes.

Watch out for: cautios, caushus, cautius

Memory tip: Begin with caution, take away the final n, and add us: cautio + us.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Be cautious when you cross the busy road near school.

Example 2: The cautious cat sniffed the new bowl before eating.

Example 3: Grandpa is cautious with money and saves every month.

Fun Fact

Caution comes from the Latin cavere, to be on guard.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: cautious

a) reckless
b) careful
c) alert
d) watchful

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a) reckless. A reckless person does not think about danger; the other three are like cautious.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ambitous
b) precius
c) cautious
d) delicous

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c) cautious. Cautious keeps the i before ous; ambitious, delicious and precious need one too.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

ca_ti_us

a) u, o
b) a, o
c) u, u
d) o, o

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a) u, o. Cautious holds the word caution, so it is ca-U-ti-O-us.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

suoticua

a) cautiuos
b) cautoius
c) cautious
d) cuatious

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c) cautious. The word opens with cau, the same three letters that start caution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meena looks both ways before crossing the road. What is she being?

a) rude
b) lazy
c) cautious
d) careless

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c) cautious

2. Cautious is closest in meaning to which word?

a) angry
b) noisy
c) lazy
d) careful

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d) careful

Associated Words

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