What does fascinating mean?
Word: Fascinating
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Fascinating means so interesting that you want to keep watching, reading or learning about it.
Synonyms: interesting, gripping
Antonyms: boring
How do you spell fascinating?
Syllables: fas - ci - nat - ing
Tricky part: After fas comes a silent c: fas-c-inating. Many children write fasinating. Also, the e of fascinate drops before ing.
Watch out for: fasinating, facinating, fascinateing
Memory tip: Science can be fascinating, and both words have the same quiet c straight after the s.
Fascinating in a sentence
Example 1: The ant colony under the neem tree was fascinating to watch.
Example 2: Grandpa's stamps from different countries are fascinating.
Example 3: The guide told us fascinating stories about the Taj Mahal.
Fun Fact
Fascinate comes from the Latin fascinare, which meant to put a spell on someone.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
fascinatting
a) c
b) t
c) s
d) g
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b) t. Fascinating has one t, just as fascinate does.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
fascinating
a) exciting
b) dull
c) amazing
d) thrilling
Show answer
b) dull. Dull things hold no interest, while fascinating ones grab your attention.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) delicious
b) fascineting
c) curious
d) important
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b) fascineting. After fascin comes an a, not an e: fascinating is built from fascinate.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tanicgfisan
a) fascianting
b) fascintaing
c) fascinating
d) fascinaitng
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c) fascinating. Spot ing for the end, then fit the remaining letters in the order you hear them.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who finds the magic show fascinating?
a) Kiran, who leaves halfway through
b) Meera, who reads a comic instead
c) Leela, who cannot take her eyes off it
d) Sam, who keeps yawning in his seat
Show answer
c) Leela, who cannot take her eyes off it
2. Rafi finds dinosaurs fascinating. What is he most likely to do?
a) skip the dinosaur room at the museum
b) yawn when his teacher talks about fossils
c) read every dinosaur book he can find
d) give all his dinosaur toys away
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c) read every dinosaur book he can find
