Spell Bee Word: Helpful

What does helpful mean?

Word: Helpful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Helpful means ready to help, or useful. A helpful friend lends you a pencil when yours breaks.

Synonyms: useful, kind

How do you spell helpful?

Syllables: help - ful

Tricky part: The ending ful has only one l, even though the word full has two.

Watch out for: helpfull, helpfulle

Memory tip: The ending ful lost one l: think of a full glass that spilt a drop on the way.

Helpful in a sentence

Example 1: Tanvi is helpful and always shares her colours.

Example 2: The map was very helpful on our trip.

Example 3: Be helpful at home and lay the table for dinner.

Fun Fact

Change the ending to less and you get helpless, which means unable to help yourself, not unwilling to help.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

helpful

a) playful
b) cheerful
c) unhelpful
d) careful

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) helpfel
b) helpfol
c) halpful
d) helpful

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pullfeh

a) helpful
b) heplful
c) hlepful
d) hpelful

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

hel_ful

a) p
b) b
c) t
d) d

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which child is being helpful?

a) Raj, who hides the remote
b) Sonu, who spills the milk
c) Minu, who shouts in class
d) Asha, who carries Dadi's bag

2. What would be most helpful on a dark night?

a) a torch
b) a crayon
c) a sunhat
d) a kite