What does fundamental mean?
Word: Fundamental
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Fundamental means forming the most basic and important part of something.
Synonyms: basic, essential, central, key
Antonyms: secondary, unimportant
How do you spell fundamental?
Syllables: fun - da - men - tal
Tricky part: The vowel after d is a, though it sounds like a weak uh. Students write fundemental or fundimental.
Watch out for: fundemental, fundimental
Memory tip: Think of a fun dance: fundamental starts with fun and then da, as in dance.
Fundamental in a sentence
Example 1: A fundamental rule of the lab is never to taste any chemical.
Example 2: Adding and subtracting are fundamental skills for every science subject.
Example 3: There is a fundamental difference between weather and climate.
Fun Fact
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, sets out fundamental rights, such as equality before the law and the right to education.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Clean water is fundamentle to good health in every village and town.
a) water
b) village
c) health
d) fundamentle
Show answer
d) fundamentle. The ending is al, as in mental.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
fundamental
a) minor
b) core
c) primary
d) vital
Show answer
a) minor. Core, vital and primary all mean basic or important; minor is the opposite.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) fundamental
b) documentery
c) ornimental
d) temparamental
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a) fundamental. Temperamental has per, ornamental has na and documentary ends in ary.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
mntdfneaula
a) monumental
b) sentimental
c) fundamental
d) departmental
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c) fundamental. The jumble has an f and a d, and only fundamental has both.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of all the parts of a house, which is the most fundamental?
a) its foundation
b) its doorbell
c) its curtains
d) its paint colour
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a) its foundation
2. Learning to read is fundamental in school because ____.
a) almost every other subject depends on it
b) it is done only by teachers
c) it is needed only on Mondays
d) it is the easiest thing to forget
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a) almost every other subject depends on it
