What does eagerness mean?
Word: Eagerness
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Eagerness means a strong wish to do something or to have something happen soon.
Synonyms: enthusiasm
Antonyms: unwillingness
How do you spell eagerness?
Syllables: ea - ger - ness
Tricky part: It starts with ea, not just e: the e and the a sit together at the front.
Watch out for: egerness, eagirness, eegerness
Memory tip: An eager eagle cannot wait to fly. Eager and eagle both start with e-a-g.
Eagerness in a sentence
Example 1: In his eagerness to open the gift, Dev tore the paper into pieces.
Example 2: The children waited with eagerness for the school bus on the trip day.
Example 3: Her eagerness to learn made the teacher smile.
Fun Fact
Eager comes from an old French word meaning sharp or sour. The same word gave us vinegar, which means sour wine.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:
eager
a) nass
b) niss
c) nes
d) ness
Show answer
d) ness. Eager plus ness makes eagerness, the feeling of being eager.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
eagerness
a) boredom
b) keenness
c) sadness
d) laziness
Show answer
b) keenness. Being keen and being eager mean the same.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
eagerrness
a) g
b) n
c) r
d) e
Show answer
c) r. Eager has one r; take the second one out.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sanseeger
a) eagenress
b) eagarness
c) eagernses
d) eagerness
Show answer
d) eagerness. Eager comes first, then ness: e-a-g-e-r-n-e-s-s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would a child full of eagerness do when the teacher asks a question?
a) wait for a friend to answer
b) ask to hear the question again
c) raise a hand straight away
d) look down at the desk
Show answer
c) raise a hand straight away
2. Which pupil shows the most eagerness about the science fair?
a) Asha, who began her model a month early
b) Dev, who chose to stay at home that day
c) Chitra, who said she was too tired to go
d) Bala, who forgot the fair was today
Show answer
a) Asha, who began her model a month early
