What does interesting mean?
Word: Interesting
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Interesting means holding your attention because it is new, unusual or fun to learn about.
Synonyms: exciting, gripping
Antonyms: dull
How do you spell interesting?
Syllables: in - ter - est - ing
Tricky part: Like interest, it is often said as intresting, so the first e gets dropped. Keep in-ter-est before ing.
Watch out for: intresting, intersting, interisting
Memory tip: Spell interest first, then add ing. If interest has its e after the t, interesting must have it too.
Interesting in a sentence
Example 1: The guide told us an interesting story about the old fort.
Example 2: Space is the most interesting topic in our science book.
Example 3: Grandma's village has many interesting old temples.
Fun Fact
Interesting was first used to mean important. The sense of catching your attention came in the 1700s.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: interesting
a) useful
b) special
c) boring
d) funny
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c) boring. Boring is the opposite; something interesting can also be funny, useful or special.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) amazeing
b) excieting
c) wonderfull
d) interesting
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d) interesting. Exciting, amazing and wonderful are spelt wrongly here, which leaves interesting as the correct word.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
interessting
a) s
b) e
c) r
d) t
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a) s. Interest has only one s, and so does interesting.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
retsingtien
a) interesting
b) intersteing
c) intertesing
d) interseting
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a) interesting. Build interest from the letters, and the i, n and g left over make ing.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Arun found the book interesting. How did he feel while reading it?
a) He read only the first page.
b) He found the words too hard.
c) He kept looking at the clock.
d) He did not want to stop.
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d) He did not want to stop.
2. Which sentence uses interesting correctly?
a) They felt interesting after the long trip.
b) I am very interesting in cricket.
c) Rohit is interesting to join the club.
d) Our science teacher showed us an interesting rock.
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d) Our science teacher showed us an interesting rock.
