What does pleasant mean?
Word: Pleasant
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Pleasant means nice and enjoyable, or kind and easy to get on with.
Synonyms: agreeable, enjoyable
Antonyms: unpleasant
How do you spell pleasant?
Syllables: pleas - ant
Tricky part: It keeps the ea of please, even though here it sounds like the e in pen.
Watch out for: plesant, plezant
Memory tip: Start with plea, as in please, and keep its ea even when the sound changes.
Pleasant in a sentence
Example 1: We had a pleasant evening by the lake, watching the boats come in.
Example 2: The new librarian has a pleasant voice and a kind smile.
Example 3: It was a pleasant surprise to find an extra laddoo in my tiffin.
Fun Fact
Pleasant, please and pleasure all come from the same Old French word, plaisir, which means to please.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The weather in Ooty stayed pleasent all week, so we walked round the lake every afternoon.
a) afternoon
b) pleasent
c) weather
d) walked
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b) pleasent. The last part of this word is ant, like the little insect.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
naplates
a) pleasant
b) pleansat
c) pleasnat
d) pleastan
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a) pleasant. Begin with p and l, and the rest follows in the order you say it.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
pleasant
a) friendly
b) nasty
c) lovely
d) sunny
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b) nasty. Something nasty is not nice at all, the opposite of pleasant.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) cheerful
b) pleasant
c) friendly
d) wonderfull
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d) wonderfull. When ful ends a word like wonderful, it has only one l.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A pleasant smell is one that ____.
a) has no effect at all
b) makes you cough
c) is nice to breathe in
d) warns of a fire
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c) is nice to breathe in
2. What would make a pleasant Sunday?
a) a picnic in the park with family
b) a toothache
c) a power cut in the heat
d) a flat bicycle tyre
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a) a picnic in the park with family
