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Spell Bee Word: advertisement


Basic Details

Word: Advertisement

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A notice, picture or short film that tells people about something in order to sell it or make it known.

Synonyms: ad, advert, commercial, notice

How to Spell Advertisement

Syllables: ad - ver - tise - ment

Tricky part: The e at the end of advertise stays when ment is added, even though you hardly hear it.

Watch out for: advertisment, advertismant, adverticement

Memory tip: A big advertisement has room for everything: the whole of advertise, e included, and then ment.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Riya cut out an advertisement for a painting class from the newspaper.

Example 2: The advertisement for the new phone played before every video.

Example 3: A huge advertisement covered one side of the bus.

Fun Fact

In British English the stress usually falls on ver, ad-VER-tis-ment, while Americans usually stress the third part, ad-ver-TISE-ment.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

advertise____

a) mint
b) mend
c) mant
d) ment

Show answer

d) ment. Advertise keeps its e, and ment is added straight on.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) management
b) excitement
c) achievement
d) advertisment

Show answer

d) advertisment. Excitement keeps the e of excite; advertisement keeps the e of advertise in the same way.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

advertisement

a) commercial
b) receipt
c) complaint
d) apology

Show answer

a) commercial. A commercial is an advertisement on TV or radio.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you most likely see an advertisement?

a) inside an egg
b) under the sea
c) on a roadside hoarding
d) in a glass of milk

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c) on a roadside hoarding

2. Which are short forms of advertisement?

a) ment and adv
b) adv and tis
c) ad and advert
d) vert and ise

Show answer

c) ad and advert

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