What does educational mean?
Word: Educational
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Educational means giving knowledge or teaching useful skills.
Synonyms: informative
How do you spell educational?
Syllables: ed - u - ca - tion - al
Tricky part: Some children add a j sound and write edjucational, but there is no j or extra d before the u.
Watch out for: edjucational, educashional, edducational
Memory tip: Think of a duck in class: the duc in e-duc-ate has no j and no extra d.
Educational in a sentence
Example 1: The zoo trip was fun and educational.
Example 2: Grandpa only lets us watch educational programmes on weekdays.
Example 3: This board game is educational because it teaches maps.
Fun Fact
Educational grew from educate, which comes from the Latin educare, to bring up or rear a child.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:
education
a) il
b) al
c) el
d) ul
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b) al. Words like national and traditional show that tion takes al.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) educational
b) knowlegeable
c) library
d) interesting
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b) knowlegeable. Knowledgeable keeps the d of knowledge.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
educational
a) entertaining
b) difficult
c) instructive
d) expensive
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c) instructive. Something instructive teaches you, just as an educational trip does.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nolatucdiae
a) additional
b) educational
c) occasional
d) traditional
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b) educational. Occasional needs an s, additional a second d, and traditional an r; only educational uses all eleven letters.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which outing would a teacher call educational?
a) a trip to a water park
b) an evening at a food fair
c) a ride on a big wheel
d) a visit to a planetarium
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d) a visit to a planetarium
2. An educational toy is one that...
a) makes a loud, cheerful noise
b) costs a lot of money to buy
c) glows brightly in the dark
d) helps a child learn something
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d) helps a child learn something
