What does resourceful mean?
Word: Resourceful
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Resourceful means good at finding clever ways to solve problems or to manage with what is available.
Synonyms: clever, ingenious, enterprising
Antonyms: helpless, unimaginative
How do you spell resourceful?
Syllables: re - source - ful
Tricky part: Keep the -ource of source, then add -ful with one l. Students write resorceful or resourcefull.
Watch out for: resorceful, resourcefull, resoursful
Memory tip: A resourceful person can always find a fresh source of help. Keep every letter of source, and remember that the suffix -ful has only one l.
Resourceful in a sentence
Example 1: The resourceful scout made a stretcher from two bamboo poles and a bedsheet.
Example 2: With no pen in sight, resourceful Aman wrote the number with a burnt matchstick.
Example 3: Our resourceful science teacher built a model volcano from old newspapers.
Fun Fact
Resource comes from the Old French resourdre, to rise again, from the Latin resurgere, and in English it first meant a means of help in a difficulty.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word resourceful as used in the sentence:
The resourceful cook turned leftover rice into crispy pakoras for everyone.
a) lazy
b) inventive
c) careless
d) nervous
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b) inventive. The cook found a clever new use for leftovers, which is what inventive people do.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The flceoruurse girl turned an old sari into a strong rope for the swing.
a) resourceful
b) successful
c) remorseful
d) resentful
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a) resourceful. Spot source in the jumble, add re and ful, and you have resourceful; successful, resentful and remorseful each need letters that are not here.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. determind 2. imaginitive 3. inteligent 4. resourceful
a) having firmly decided
b) able to cope by finding new ways
c) clever and quick to learn
d) good at thinking of new ideas
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b) able to cope by finding new ways. Intelligent has a double l, imaginative has an a after the n, and determined ends in -ined.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
When the power went off during the school play, our resourceful class monitor lit up the stage with six torches borrowed from the nieghbours.
a) monitor
b) nieghbours
c) borrowed
d) resourceful
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b) nieghbours. Neighbour has ei after the n, the same letters as in weigh.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Your school bag tears on a trip. What is the most resourceful thing to do?
a) complain to your friends
b) throw it away at once
c) wait for someone to fix it
d) mend it with a safety pin
Show answer
d) mend it with a safety pin
2. Natural resources are ____.
a) things like water, coal and forests
b) machines like cars, fans and phones
c) rules, laws and school timetables
d) songs, stories and old folk tales
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a) things like water, coal and forests
