What does fruitful mean?
Word: Fruitful
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Fruitful means producing good or useful results; also, producing a lot of fruit.
Synonyms: successful, useful, rewarding
Antonyms: fruitless, useless, unproductive
How do you spell fruitful?
Syllables: fruit - ful
Tricky part: The suffix ful has only one l, even though the word full has two.
Watch out for: fruitfull, frutful, froutful
Memory tip: The basket may be full, but the word ends like hopeful and careful, with just one l.
Fruitful in a sentence
Example 1: The meeting was fruitful, and the class agreed on a plan for Sports Day.
Example 2: The mango tree had a fruitful year, and we shared baskets with the neighbours.
Example 3: Two hours in the library turned out to be very fruitful for my project.
Fun Fact
The opposite, fruitless, is used far more often for efforts that fail, as in a fruitless search for lost keys, than for trees with no fruit.
Practise the CREST Way
Sound Check
In which word is 'ui' pronounced differently?
a) build
b) suit
c) fruitful
d) juice
Show answer
a) build. Build has a short i sound, unlike the long oo heard in the other three.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
12345678 tulifruf
a) 56214873
b) 52641873
c) 56421873
d) 56241873
Show answer
d) 56241873. In the order 5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 8, 7 and 3, the letters spell f-r-u-i-t-f-u-l.
Word Champ
Which statements are true?
1. A fruitful talk ends with useful results. 2. An orchard is a place where fruit trees grow. 3. A harvest is the time when seeds are first planted.
a) all three are true
b) only 2 and 3 are true
c) only 1 and 3 are true
d) only 1 and 2 are true
Show answer
d) only 1 and 2 are true. A harvest is when crops are gathered in, not planted, so statement 3 is false.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) fruitful
b) delicous
c) plentiful
d) grateful
Show answer
b) delicous. Delicious has an i before the ous: de-li-cious.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A fruitful discussion ____.
a) goes round in circles
b) ends in a loud argument
c) ends with clear decisions
d) is cut short by the bell
Show answer
c) ends with clear decisions
2. Which of these trips would you call fruitful?
a) an outing spoilt by rain
b) a ride where you got lost
c) a trip cancelled at the last minute
d) a visit where you learnt a lot
Show answer
d) a visit where you learnt a lot
