What does pleasure mean?
Word: Pleasure
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Pleasure means a feeling of happiness or enjoyment, or something that gives you that feeling.
Synonyms: joy, delight, enjoyment
Antonyms: sorrow, displeasure
How do you spell pleasure?
Syllables: pleas - ure
Tricky part: The ea makes a short e sound, as in bread, so children leave out the a and write plesure.
Watch out for: plesure, pleasur, pleisure
Memory tip: Think of bread and head: the ea in pleasure makes the same short sound, so keep both letters.
Idioms and Phrases
- my pleasure: A polite reply when someone thanks you. Example: "When Gauri thanked me for the pencil, I said, 'My pleasure.'"
Pleasure in a sentence
Example 1: Reading under the neem tree is a real pleasure.
Example 2: It gives Grandpa great pleasure to see his garden bloom.
Example 3: Swimming in the sea was a pleasure on that hot day.
Fun Fact
Pleasure came into English from the French plaisir, which is still the French word for it. A polite French reply, avec plaisir, means 'with pleasure'.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: pleasure
a) hunger
b) surprise
c) silence
d) pain
Show answer
d) pain. Pleasure is a happy feeling, and pain is the opposite.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
replesau
a) plaster
b) pressure
c) pleasure
d) pleasant
Show answer
c) pleasure. With only one s and a u, the letters make pleasure, not pressure.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
pleaseure
a) s
b) e
c) a
d) u
Show answer
b) e. Please loses its last e before ure is added.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) laughter
b) pleazure
c) happiness
d) comfort
Show answer
b) pleazure. The middle sound is like the one in measure, and it is written with s, not z.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these gives most people pleasure?
a) a toothache at night
b) a long queue in the sun
c) a flat tyre on the way
d) a cool drink on a hot day
Show answer
d) a cool drink on a hot day
2. Sofia reads for pleasure. She reads because ____.
a) she has a test
b) her teacher told her
c) she enjoys it
d) she must finish a project
Show answer
c) she enjoys it
