What does personal mean?
Word: Personal
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Personal means belonging to you alone, or about your own life, not about everyone.
Synonyms: own, individual
Antonyms: general, common
How do you spell personal?
Syllables: per - son - al
Tricky part: Personal has one n and ends in al. Personnel, with a double n and el at the end, is a different word for the staff of an office.
Watch out for: personel, personnal
Memory tip: Personal is about one person, so think of one n. Personnel, the staff of an office, is the word with two.
Personal in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa keeps his personal letters in a tin trunk under the bed.
Example 2: Please do not ask the new girl personal questions on her first day.
Example 3: Each player has a personal locker at the stadium.
Fun Fact
The IBM Personal Computer came out in 1981 and helped make the name personal computer, or PC, part of everyday language. Before that, many computers filled whole rooms.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
p_rs_nal
a) u, o
b) e, o
c) e, a
d) a, o
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b) e, o. The word begins with the per you hear in perfect, and the middle has the o of son.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
laspenor
a) peronsal
b) personal
c) pesronal
d) preosnal
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b) personal. Put the p first and keep the a and l for the end.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
personal
a) public
b) private
c) special
d) secret
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a) public. Public means open to everyone, the reverse of something just for you.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) speshal
b) personal
c) secrit
d) privite
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b) personal. The others should be private, secret and special.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Your personal belongings are things that ____.
a) are sold in shops
b) belong to the school
c) belong to you
d) are shared by the class
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c) belong to you
2. A new classmate asks you something personal. What might it be?
a) How much pocket money do you get?
b) Which way is the station?
c) What time does the bus leave?
d) Where is the library?
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a) How much pocket money do you get?
