What does fortunate mean?
Word: Fortunate
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Fortunate means lucky, because something good has happened to you, often by chance.
Synonyms: lucky, blessed
How do you spell fortunate?
Syllables: for - tu - nate
Tricky part: The tu in the middle is said like 'chuh', so children write forchunate. The ending is ate, not et or it.
Watch out for: forchunate, fortunat, fortunete
Memory tip: Good fortune makes you fortunate: drop the e of fortune before you add ate.
Fortunate in a sentence
Example 1: We were fortunate that the rain stopped before the match.
Example 2: Riya felt fortunate to find her lost ring under the sofa.
Example 3: The village was fortunate to get a new school this year.
Fun Fact
The word fortune comes from Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck, who was often shown holding a wheel.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: fortunate
a) cheerful
b) unlucky
c) wealthy
d) thankful
Show answer
b) unlucky. Put un in front of lucky and the meaning flips: unlucky people miss out on good chances.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tenuaftor
a) frotunate
b) fortuante
c) fortunate
d) fotrunate
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c) fortunate. Fortunate opens with fort, as fortune does; the other three put two letters in the wrong order.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) privite
b) choclate
c) fortunate
d) desparate
Show answer
c) fortunate. Desperate has an e after the p, chocolate keeps its middle o and private has an a; fortunate is the only word spelt right.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
We were fortunate to see a rianbow after the heavy shower.
a) heavy
b) rianbow
c) fortunate
d) shower
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b) rianbow. Rainbow starts with rain, a then i; fortunate is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which child had a fortunate morning?
a) Ali found that his train was cancelled
b) Ali left his ticket at home on the table
c) Ali reached the station just before his train left
d) Ali missed his train by one minute
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c) Ali reached the station just before his train left
2. Meena says, 'I am fortunate to have such kind friends.' She means that she ____.
a) has only just met them
b) wants to make more friends
c) is tired of her friends
d) feels lucky to have them
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d) feels lucky to have them
