What does intuitive mean?
Word: Intuitive
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Intuitive means knowing or understanding something from a feeling, without working it out step by step. An intuitive app or game is one you can pick up quickly.
Synonyms: natural
How do you spell intuitive?
Syllables: in - tu - i - tive
Tricky part: Two vowels sit side by side in the middle, a u and then an i, and children often drop one of them. The ending is ive with a silent e.
Watch out for: intutive, intuitve, intuitiv
Memory tip: English words almost never end in v, so intuitive keeps its silent e at the end, just like creative and active.
Intuitive in a sentence
Example 1: The drawing app is so intuitive that my little brother used it on day one.
Example 2: Leah has an intuitive sense of rhythm and picks up new dances quickly.
Example 3: Good teachers are often intuitive about when a child is upset.
Fun Fact
Intuitive comes from Latin intueri, which means to look at or to consider: an intuitive person seems to see the answer at a glance.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
in_ui_ive
a) t, t
b) t, d
c) c, t
d) d, t
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a) t, t. Both gaps take t: the middle of intuitive is spelt like the start of tuition.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tiuvinite
a) intrusive
b) inventive
c) initiative
d) intuitive
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d) intuitive. Initiative needs an a, intrusive needs an r and an s, and inventive needs a second v, so only one word fits.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) imagnation
b) inteligent
c) consentrate
d) intuitive
Show answer
d) intuitive. Count the l's in intelligent (two), find the i after the g in imagination and see that concentrate uses c twice: intuitive alone is right.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
intuitive
a) instinctive
b) careless
c) doubtful
d) forgetful
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a) instinctive. Something instinctive comes from a feeling inside you, not from working it out.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is the best sign that a game is intuitive?
a) New players have to watch a video before playing.
b) New players can start without reading any rules.
c) New players must read a long guide first.
d) New players need a teacher for the first week.
Show answer
b) New players can start without reading any rules.
2. An intuitive friend knows you are upset because she ____.
a) checks a list of facts
b) reads it in your diary
c) senses it from your face
d) is told by your teacher
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c) senses it from your face
