What does collaborative mean?
Word: Collaborative
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Collaborative means done by two or more people or groups working together.
Synonyms: joint
Antonyms: individual
How do you spell collaborative?
Syllables: col - lab - o - ra - tive
Tricky part: The word opens with col and a double l. Students who hear only one l write colaborative.
Watch out for: colaborative, callaborative
Memory tip: Col at the start here means together: collect, colleague and collaborative all open with col and two l's.
Collaborative in a sentence
Example 1: Our class made a collaborative mural of the Western Ghats.
Example 2: Football is a collaborative game: nobody wins a match alone.
Example 3: Four of us measured rainfall for a month in a collaborative science project.
Fun Fact
Wikipedia is one of the largest collaborative projects ever made: volunteers all over the world write and correct its articles.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
collaborative
a) separate
b) solitary
c) selfish
d) cooperative
Show answer
d) cooperative. A collaborative task and a cooperative task both need people to share the work.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
iooltbaacevrl
a) celebratory
b) collaborator
c) collaborative
d) laboratories
Show answer
c) collaborative. Collaborator has no i, v or e, so it falls short; the other two need letters that are not in the jumble.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
collab_r_tive
a) o,a
b) a,a
c) e,a
d) o,e
Show answer
a) o,a. The verb collaborate shows both vowels plainly, col-lab-o-rate, and the adjective keeps them.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) imaginitive
b) collaborative
c) inovative
d) competetive
Show answer
b) collaborative. Innovative needs nn, imaginative has an a before tive and competitive has an i after the t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a collaborative task?
a) a diary only you will read
b) a solo dance at the school concert
c) a test you sit by yourself
d) a group building a model together
Show answer
d) a group building a model together
2. In a collaborative classroom, students mostly ____.
a) speak only to the teacher
b) copy notes in silence
c) race to finish first
d) share ideas and help each other
Show answer
d) share ideas and help each other
