What does plenty mean?
Word: Plenty
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Plenty means a large amount, or as much as you need and more.
Synonyms: lots, abundance, loads
Antonyms: scarcity
How do you spell plenty?
Syllables: plen - ty
Tricky part: The ending is a plain y. Children sometimes write plenti or plentey.
Watch out for: plenti, plentey
Memory tip: Plenty and many both end in a plain y: when there are many sweets, there are plenty.
Idioms and Phrases
- plenty more where that came from: There is a lot more of the same thing available. Example: "Have another biscuit; there are plenty more where that came from."
Plenty in a sentence
Example 1: We have plenty of time before the train leaves.
Example 2: Drink plenty of water on a hot day.
Example 3: There were plenty of seats in the hall.
Fun Fact
In old paintings, a curved horn spilling fruit and flowers is called a horn of plenty. It stands for a rich harvest.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
plenty
a) bundle
b) shortage
c) heaps
d) surplus
Show answer
b) shortage. A shortage means not enough, the reverse of plenty.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tlepyn
a) pletny
b) plenty
c) pelnty
d) plnety
Show answer
b) plenty. Pl starts the word, as it does in play.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
pl_n_y
a) e, d
b) a, t
c) e, t
d) i, t
Show answer
c) e, t. Plen at the start, then a t before the y.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) plenty
b) severel
c) hundered
d) enogh
Show answer
a) plenty. Enogh is missing its u, severel should end in al and hundered has an extra e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If there is plenty of rice, then ____.
a) only one person can eat
b) everyone can have some
c) the rice is burnt
d) there is none left
Show answer
b) everyone can have some
2. Only one sentence uses plenty correctly. Find it.
a) We have plenty of paint for the poster.
b) She plentied the poster.
c) The poster is very plenty.
d) We plenty the paint on the poster.
Show answer
a) We have plenty of paint for the poster.
