Home / Free Study Material / Spell Bee Summer / Class 2 Spell Bee Summer Words / profit

Spell Bee Word: Profit


What does profit mean?

Word: Profit

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Profit means the extra money you make when you sell something for more than it cost you.

Synonyms: gain, earnings

Sounds like: prophet (a person in old stories who is believed to bring messages from God)

How do you spell profit?

Syllables: prof - it

Tricky part: There is only one f. Children often double it and write proffit.

Watch out for: proffit, proffitt, proffet

Memory tip: One f is enough for a profit, just as one coin is enough to start a piggy bank.

Profit in a sentence

Example 1: The bakery's profit doubled during Diwali week.

Example 2: We sold lemonade and made a profit of fifty rupees.

Example 3: The school fair made a profit for the library fund.

Fun Fact

Profit and prophet are said the same way but are not related. Profit comes from a Latin word about making progress, and prophet from a Greek word for a speaker.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We made a big profid at the fair.

a) profid
b) made
c) big
d) fair

Show answer

a) profid. The word ends with a t, as in fit.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) profet
b) proofit
c) profitte
d) profit

Show answer

d) profit. Profit has a short o, as in hot.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

profit

a) loss
b) bonus
c) reward
d) prize

Show answer

a) loss. A loss is money you lose, the opposite of money you gain.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ifoprt

a) profit
b) pofrit
c) porfit
d) prifot

Show answer

a) profit. Start with pr, the sound you hear first.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leela buys a toy for 50 rupees and sells it for 70 rupees. What is her profit?

a) 70 rupees
b) 120 rupees
c) 50 rupees
d) 20 rupees

Show answer

d) 20 rupees

2. When does a vegetable seller make no profit at all?

a) when he raises his prices
b) when he sells early in the day
c) when he sells for what he paid
d) when he sells many carrots

Show answer

c) when he sells for what he paid

Associated Words

beforepoisonedmodalconsentinevitable
politenesspredictionpermissioninspectorherself

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

70%