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Spell Bee Word: Hopefulness


What does hopefulness mean?

Word: Hopefulness

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hopefulness means the feeling that good things will happen or that things will get better.

Synonyms: hope, optimism

Antonyms: hopelessness

How do you spell hopefulness?

Syllables: hope - ful - ness

Tricky part: Keep the e of hope when ful joins on. Said fast, it sounds like hop, so children drop the e.

Watch out for: hopfulness, hopefelness

Memory tip: Hope keeps its e because the next part starts with a consonant, just as care stays whole in careless.

Hopefulness in a sentence

Example 1: Even after losing, the team played with hopefulness.

Example 2: There was hopefulness in the farmers' faces when the clouds gathered.

Example 3: Her hopefulness helped everyone stay calm.

Fun Fact

The old Greek story of Pandora's box ends on a note of hopefulness: after all the troubles flew out, hope was the one thing left inside.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to add to the word:

hopeful

a) niss
b) ness
c) nis
d) nes

Show answer

b) ness. Hopeful + ness gives hopefulness.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

hopefulness

a) faith
b) despair
c) trust
d) cheer

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b) despair. Despair means losing all hope.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

hopefullness

a) n
b) l
c) e
d) s

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b) l. Ful has one l, even in the middle of a long word.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) hopefulness
b) curiosaty
c) patiense
d) confidance

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a) hopefulness. Patience ends in -ence, curiosity in -ity and confidence in -ence; hopefulness is spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pick the hopeful sentence.

a) I am sure the rain will stop soon.
b) Nothing will ever go right.
c) This is the worst day ever.
d) I give up on this sum.

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a) I am sure the rain will stop soon.

2. Which word is built from the same three parts as hopefulness, but with a different first word?

a) carefully
b) caring
c) careless
d) carefulness

Show answer

d) carefulness

Associated Words

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