What does revealing mean?
Word: Revealing
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Revealing means showing or telling you something that was hidden or not known before.
Synonyms: telling, informative
Antonyms: hiding
How do you spell revealing?
Syllables: re - veal - ing
Tricky part: The middle is -veal-, with ea for the long ee sound. Students write reveeling or revieling.
Watch out for: reveeling, revieling, revaling
Memory tip: Reveal and conceal are opposites, and they share the same ea: whatever you hide or show, the long ee is spelt e-a.
Revealing in a sentence
Example 1: Her answer was revealing: she had not read the chapter at all.
Example 2: The survey gave a revealing picture of how much plastic each family throws away.
Example 3: Raj was revealing the surprise slowly, one balloon at a time.
Fun Fact
Reveal comes from the Latin revelare, which meant to pull back a veil, so revealing is really unveiling.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) revealling
b) healing
c) appealing
d) concealing
Show answer
a) revealling. When two vowels sit before the l, as in heal and conceal, the l stays single.
Word Puzzle
Match the words with the correct options:
1. revealing 2. humble 3. brave a. cowardly b. boastful c. secretive
a) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
Show answer
d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a. These are opposites: a revealing answer is the reverse of a secretive one, a humble person is never boastful and a brave one is not cowardly.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
The ___ old photo showed that the fort once had a moat of water all around it.
a) revealing
b) rewarding
c) revolving
d) reviving
Show answer
a) revealing. The photo shows something nobody knew; reviving, revolving and rewarding do not describe that.
Sound Check
In which word is 'ea' pronounced differently?
a) eager
b) revealing
c) weather
d) treaty
Show answer
c) weather. In weather, ea is a short e, as in bed; in the other three it is a long ee.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A revealing clue in a treasure hunt is one that ___.
a) is given out last of all
b) points to the hiding place
c) is torn into pieces
d) is written in tiny print
Show answer
b) points to the hiding place
2. If a magician is revealing his trick, he is ___.
a) doing it a second time
b) showing how it is done
c) hiding the cards
d) learning a new trick
Show answer
b) showing how it is done
