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Spell Bee Word: preventable


Basic Details

Word: Preventable

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Able to be stopped before it happens.

Synonyms: avoidable, stoppable

Antonyms: unavoidable, inevitable

How to Spell Preventable

Syllables: pre - vent - a - ble

Tricky part: Keep the whole word prevent, with e in vent, and add able. Nothing is dropped or doubled where the two parts join.

Watch out for: prevantable, priventable, preventabel

Memory tip: Read it as two words glued together, prevent and able. If you can spell both, you can spell preventable.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Most kitchen fires are preventable if we switch off the gas.

Example 2: The doctor said tooth decay is largely preventable with daily brushing.

Example 3: Many road accidents are preventable when riders wear helmets.

Fun Fact

Polio was once common in India, but vaccines showed it was preventable, and India was declared polio-free in 2014.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:

prevent + ____

a) less
b) ful
c) able
d) ous

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c) able. Adding -able gives preventable; the other endings do not make real words.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) prevantable
b) reliable
c) comfortable
d) valuable

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a) prevantable. Prevent has e in its second part, vent.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: preventable

a) curable
b) unavoidable
c) avoidable
d) stoppable

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b) unavoidable. Some events cannot be stopped whatever we do; those are unavoidable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If an illness is preventable, people can ____.

a) only watch it spread
b) never catch a cold
c) take steps so it does not happen
d) cure it only with surgery

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c) take steps so it does not happen

2. Which habit helps to make dental problems preventable?

a) eating sweets at night
b) sharing toothbrushes
c) skipping dentist visits
d) brushing twice a day

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d) brushing twice a day

Associated Words

rejoiceanalyticalconditionerdomineeringspeechless
membranecaptainsparseprocedurediscomfort

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