What does prolific mean?
Word: Prolific
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Prolific means producing a lot of something, such as books or songs.
Synonyms: productive, fruitful
Antonyms: unproductive
How do you spell prolific?
Syllables: pro - lif - ic
Tricky part: There is only one l. Pupils who think of the double l in pollen or follow write prollific.
Watch out for: prollific, prolefic, proliffic
Memory tip: Pollen has two l's, but prolific, though it makes plenty, gets by with just one.
Prolific in a sentence
Example 1: Sachin Tendulkar was a prolific batsman who scored a hundred international centuries.
Example 2: Ruskin Bond is a prolific writer who has written hundreds of short stories.
Example 3: Rabbits are prolific breeders, and a single pair can soon become a crowd.
Fun Fact
Prolific goes back to the Latin word proles, meaning offspring, because it first described plants and animals that had a great many young.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order: o, i, i
a) pr_l_f_c
b) b_n_f_t
c) sp_c_f_c
d) t_rr_f_c
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a) pr_l_f_c. Only pr_l_f_c takes o, i, i; terrific and specific start with e, and benefit needs e, e, i.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
The prolifick composer wrote more than two hundred songs for films, and many of them are still populer today.
a) 1
b) 3
c) 0
d) 2
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d) 2. Prolific needs no k after its c, and popular ends in ar.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
lifcopri
a) very old and no longer used
b) producing a large number of things
c) full of fear and worry
d) speaking in a soft, gentle voice
Show answer
b) producing a large number of things. Rearranged, the letters give prolific, a word for someone or something that produces a lot.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A prolific inventor is one who ___.
a) never finishes any work
b) invents only one thing
c) comes up with many inventions
d) copies other people's ideas
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c) comes up with many inventions
2. A prolific mango tree gives ___.
a) one very large mango
b) a large crop of fruit
c) shade but never any fruit
d) fruit only once in its life
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b) a large crop of fruit
