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Spell Bee Word: Adhesive


What does adhesive mean?

Word: Adhesive

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Adhesive means able to make things stick together. As a noun, it means a substance used to stick things together.

Synonyms: gummy

How do you spell adhesive?

Syllables: ad - he - sive

Tricky part: The e after the h is easy to lose or to stretch into ea, because it sounds like ee; write it as a plain e.

Watch out for: adhesiv, adheasive, adhisive

Memory tip: Think of adhere, to stick: adhesive keeps the same ad-he start, so the e follows the h.

Adhesive in a sentence

Example 1: Use adhesive tape to fix the map to the classroom wall.

Example 2: The plumber put a strong adhesive on the leaking pipe joint.

Example 3: Adhesive bandages are kept in every first-aid box.

Fun Fact

The yellow stick-on notes found in most offices grew out of a weak adhesive made in 1968 by Spencer Silver, a 3M scientist who had been trying to make a strong one.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

adhes_ve

a) u
b) a
c) i
d) e

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c) i. The ending is ive, as in active and massive.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

visheade

a) adhesive
b) abrasive
c) aggressive
d) adhesion

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a) adhesive. Adhesion has an o and an n, abrasive an r and a b, and aggressive two g's.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

adhesive

a) smooth
b) sticky
c) slippery
d) dusty

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b) sticky. An adhesive surface is sticky.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) adhesive
b) expensive
c) impresive
d) attractive

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c) impresive. Impressive keeps the double s of impress; the other three are spelt correctly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which classroom item is an adhesive?

a) a plastic ruler
b) a pencil sharpener
c) a glue stick
d) a rubber

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c) a glue stick

2. Adhesive tape is used mainly to ____.

a) fix things in place
b) cut paper neatly
c) measure straight lines
d) rub out pencil marks

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a) fix things in place

Associated Words

Words that end in -sive: successive, decisive, inconclusive, comprehensive, elusive, effusive

More words from this list

bewilder, conservationist, ecologist, gland, lecturer, outrageous, sandpaper, troupe

Next steps

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