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Spell Bee Word: Peaceful


What does peaceful mean?

Word: Peaceful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Peaceful means calm and still, with no fighting, worry or loud sounds.

Synonyms: calm, quiet, restful

Antonyms: busy

How do you spell peaceful?

Syllables: peace - ful

Tricky part: The ending ful has only one l, even though it means full of.

Watch out for: peacefull, peacefool

Memory tip: The suffix travels light: although it means full of, it carries only one l.

Peaceful in a sentence

Example 1: The hill station was peaceful after the busy city.

Example 2: Grandpa likes a peaceful walk in the early morning.

Example 3: The two villages found a peaceful way to share the well.

Fun Fact

Peaceful has been used in English since the 1300s; its root goes back through Old French to the Latin word pax.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We spent a peacful afternoon reading under the mango tree in Nani's garden.

a) garden
b) peacful
c) reading
d) afternoon

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b) peacful. The e at the end of the first half stays when ful is added.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: peaceful

a) tidy
b) sleepy
c) noisy
d) silent

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c) noisy. A noisy place is loud and busy, unlike a peaceful one.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) gentle
b) harmony
c) silence
d) peeceful

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d) peeceful. The first half is spelt with ea, as in sea.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

flecepau

a) paceeful
b) pecaeful
c) epaceful
d) peaceful

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d) peaceful. Pecaeful, epaceful and paceeful each move a letter in the first half.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which place is likely to be the most peaceful?

a) a crowded vegetable market
b) a busy railway station
c) a school bus at home time
d) a quiet lake at dawn

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d) a quiet lake at dawn

2. Which sound would spoil a peaceful evening?

a) a fan humming gently
b) birds settling in trees
c) leaves rustling softly
d) a car horn blaring

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d) a car horn blaring

Associated Words

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