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Spell Bee Word: Account


What does account mean?

Word: Account

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Account means a place in a bank where your money is kept in your name. It can also mean a story of what happened.

Synonyms: report

How do you spell account?

Syllables: ac - count

Tricky part: Children often drop one of the two c's at the start. Both say k, and both are written.

Watch out for: acount, akount

Memory tip: Picture two coins side by side at the front of your bank account: c and c.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. on account of: Because of. Example: "The match was stopped on account of the rain."

Account in a sentence

Example 1: Papa opened a bank account for me.

Example 2: Ria gave an account of her trip to Goa.

Example 3: I put my birthday money in my account.

Fun Fact

Indian banks are allowed to let children above the age of 10 run their own savings account.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) accownt
b) accont
c) accaunt
d) account

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d) account. The ow sound in account is spelt ou, as in out.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

unoctac

a) acconut
b) accoutn
c) accuont
d) account

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d) account. Say ac-count aloud and write the sounds of the second beat in the order you hear them.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Nani keeps her money in a bank accout.

a) Nani
b) bank
c) money
d) accout

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d) accout. You can hear an n just before the last t.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

_ccount

a) a
b) o
c) e
d) i

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a) a. The quick first sound is a, as in about.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Neha came back from the zoo. What would be an account of her visit?

a) Neha telling the class about her day
b) Neha singing a song about the zoo
c) Neha drawing a lion at the zoo
d) Neha buying a ticket for the zoo

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a) Neha telling the class about her day

2. Why do people open a bank account?

a) to borrow books
b) to buy train tickets
c) to keep their money safe
d) to post letters

Show answer

c) to keep their money safe

Associated Words

Words that end in -unt: stunt, aunt, blunt, grunt

More words from this list

black, cliff, eighteen, golden, liquid, pilot, seagull, teach

Next steps

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