What does talkative mean?
Word: Talkative
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Talkative means someone who is talkative likes to talk a lot.
Synonyms: chatty
Antonyms: quiet, silent
How do you spell talkative?
Syllables: talk - a - tive
Tricky part: Talkative keeps the silent l of talk, so tawkative and tokative are wrong.
Watch out for: tawkative, tokative
Memory tip: Say talk in your head with a loud, clear l before you write the rest of talkative, and the silent l will not go missing.
Talkative in a sentence
Example 1: Our parrot is very talkative in the mornings.
Example 2: Ananya is shy at first, but she becomes talkative once she knows you.
Example 3: The teacher moved the talkative boys to different benches.
Fun Fact
Talkative has been used in English for about 600 years. It was unusual in its day, because it joined a Latin-style ending onto a plain old English word, talk.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:
talk______
a) itive
b) ateve
c) ativ
d) ative
Show answer
d) ative. The ending is -ative, as in creative, with an a in the middle.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
talkative
a) vital
b) kitten
c) tale
d) kite
Show answer
b) kitten. Talkative has no n at all, so kitten is impossible.
Jumble Tumble
Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form a word that describes a person?
a) altktvaie
b) rutfirneu
c) telcohcoa
d) lhetnepoe
Show answer
a) altktvaie. These letters make talkative; the others give telephone, furniture and chocolate, which name things rather than describe a person.
Spell Spies
Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
a) cheerful : gloomy
b) talkative : quiet
c) honest : dishonist
d) brave : fearful
Show answer
c) honest : dishonist. Dishonest keeps the -est of honest.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which of these places should a talkative child try hardest to keep quiet?
a) a library
b) a cricket match
c) a playground
d) a birthday party
Show answer
a) a library
2. A talkative child in class is most likely to hear the teacher say ___.
a) 'Please speak up, I cannot hear you.'
b) 'Please wait for your turn to speak.'
c) 'Please eat your lunch slowly.'
d) 'Please run faster in the race.'
Show answer
b) 'Please wait for your turn to speak.'
