What does enrich mean?
Word: Enrich
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Enrich means to make something better or richer by adding something good to it.
Antonyms: spoil
How do you spell enrich?
Syllables: en - rich
Tricky part: Rich ends in ch with no t before it, and enrich ends the same way. Do not add a t as in kitchen or watch.
Watch out for: enritch, enrishe, enridge
Memory tip: Enrich is just rich with something added at the front. Spell rich first, then put the beginning on.
Enrich in a sentence
Example 1: Farmers enrich the soil by mixing in cow dung and compost.
Example 2: Reading stories from other countries can enrich your imagination.
Example 3: The school trip to the museum enriched our history lessons.
Fun Fact
Enrich holds the plain word rich, which comes from Old English rice, meaning powerful. Rich first described people with power, and only later people with money.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____rich
a) em
b) un
c) en
d) in
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c) en. The same en begins enjoy and enlarge, and it means to make something more so.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) decieve
b) increese
c) enrich
d) explane
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c) enrich. Explain ends ain, deceive has e before i after c, and increase has ea in the middle.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
enrich
a) improve
b) reduce
c) borrow
d) remove
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a) improve. To enrich something is to make it better, which is what improve means.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
hcrien
a) enrich
b) inches
c) cherish
d) niche
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a) enrich. Only one choice uses all six letters, one each of e, n, r, i, c and h.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would most enrich a school library?
a) a broken ceiling fan
b) a box of new storybooks
c) a leaking water tap
d) a long power cut
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b) a box of new storybooks
2. A book that enriches your English helps you to ____.
a) lose your place
b) learn new words
c) forget your spelling
d) read more slowly
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b) learn new words
