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Spell Bee Word: Playful

Playful (adjective): full of fun and always wanting to play games.


What does playful mean?

Word: Playful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Playful means full of fun and always wanting to play games.

Synonyms: fun-loving, frisky

How do you spell playful?

Syllables: play - ful

Tricky part: The ending ful has only one l, even though it comes from the word full.

Watch out for: playfull, playfool

Memory tip: When full is added to the end of a word, it drops one l: hope + full makes hopeful, and the same thing happens in playful.

Playful in a sentence

Example 1: Our playful puppy chewed my sock.

Example 2: The kitten is in a playful mood today.

Example 3: Grandpa gave me a playful wink.

Fun Fact

Dolphins are known as playful animals; they often ride the waves made by moving boats.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

playful

a) lively
b) jolly
c) cheerful
d) serious

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d) serious. Someone serious is not in the mood for fun and games.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pleyful
b) playful
c) plyful
d) plaeful

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b) playful. The first part is the word play, spelt with ay.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lulpfay

a) plyaful
b) playful
c) paylful
d) lpayful

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b) playful. Seven letters, and the word ends with the same three letters as hopeful.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The playful baby elefant splashed in the river.

a) splashed
b) river
c) elefant
d) baby

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c) elefant. Elephant spells its f sound with ph.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal is being playful?

a) a goat leaping about
b) a cat fast asleep
c) a bird sitting still
d) a cow eating grass

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a) a goat leaping about

2. Ria gave her brother a playful push. How did she push him?

a) in anger
b) by mistake
c) very hard
d) as a joke

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d) as a joke

Associated Words

Words that end in -ful: careful, awful, harmful, helpful, handful, tearful

More words from this list

wristwatch, brick, crocodile, foot, highlighter, magnet, picture, sweatshirt

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