What does innovative mean?
Word: Innovative
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Innovative means using new ideas or methods; original and creative.
Synonyms: original, creative
Antonyms: conventional
How do you spell innovative?
Syllables: in - no - va - tive
Tricky part: The double n is the trap: pupils who say the word quickly hear only one n and write inovative.
Watch out for: inovative, inavative
Memory tip: Innovative starts with the word inn: picture a little roadside inn trying out a brand-new idea, such as solar lamps on every table.
Innovative in a sentence
Example 1: Our school's innovative rainwater project won a district prize.
Example 2: The engineer found an innovative way to keep vegetables fresh without a fridge.
Example 3: Mira's innovative design used old plastic bottles to build a garden bench.
Fun Fact
India's Mangalyaan probe, often praised as an innovative low-cost mission, reached orbit around Mars in 2014 at the first attempt.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
innovative
a) clever
b) traditional
c) modern
d) useful
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b) traditional. Innovative means trying new ways; traditional means keeping to old, familiar ones.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) innovetive
b) creative
c) sensitive
d) imaginative
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a) innovetive. The vowel before the t is a, the same as in the verb ending ate.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
inno_at_ve
a) v, e
b) f, i
c) b, i
d) v, i
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d) v, i. Think of a nova, a new star: v follows the o, and the ending is the ive of native.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
aintvenoiv
a) informative
b) innovation
c) innovative
d) inventive
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c) innovative. Innovation has three n's and just one v, inventive has only nine letters, and informative has an f.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For a science fair, the most innovative idea would be ____.
a) a model that last year's class made
b) a poster copied from a textbook
c) a chart of the same old experiment
d) a solar charger made from scrap
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d) a solar charger made from scrap
2. Which word is closest in meaning to innovative?
a) inventive
b) obedient
c) attentive
d) expensive
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a) inventive
