What does curiosity mean?
Word: Curiosity
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Curiosity means a strong wish to know or learn about something.
Synonyms: wonder
Antonyms: indifference
How do you spell curiosity?
Syllables: cu - ri - os - i - ty
Tricky part: Curious has ous, but curiosity drops the u after the o. Children often write curiousity, keeping the whole of curious.
Watch out for: curiousity, curiocity
Memory tip: When curious grows into curiosity, the u after the o drops out.
Curiosity in a sentence
Example 1: Rohan's curiosity about the stars made him join the science club.
Example 2: The baby looked at the ceiling fan with great curiosity.
Example 3: Curiosity makes Meera ask a hundred questions at the zoo.
Fun Fact
NASA's rover named Curiosity landed on Mars in 2012 and kept studying the rocks there for years afterwards.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) curiosity
b) posibility
c) electrisity
d) acktivity
Show answer
a) curiosity. Electricity has a c, not an s, after the tri; possibility has a double s; and activity has no k.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
curiosity
a) patience
b) boredom
c) envy
d) interest
Show answer
d) interest. Curiosity means wanting to know more, which is a kind of interest.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
toyrcsiui
a) curiosity
b) curiously
c) courtesy
d) security
Show answer
a) curiosity. Curiously has an l and only one i, while security and courtesy both need an e.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
curios_t_
a) i, y
b) a, y
c) i, e
d) e, y
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a) i, y. The word ends in ity, as activity and electricity do.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Rina opened the parcel out of curiosity. Why did she open it?
a) She was angry with it.
b) She was very sleepy.
c) She wanted to know what was inside.
d) She wanted to throw it away.
Show answer
c) She wanted to know what was inside.
2. Which of these shows curiosity?
a) asking how a rainbow forms
b) pushing in a queue
c) losing a pencil
d) sleeping through a lesson
Show answer
a) asking how a rainbow forms
