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Spell Bee Word: Advertising


What does advertising mean?

Word: Advertising

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Advertising means the business or activity of telling people about products and services so that they buy or use them.

Synonyms: promotion, marketing

How do you spell advertising?

Syllables: ad - ver - tis - ing

Tricky part: The final e of the verb is dropped when ing is added.

Watch out for: advertiseing, advertsing, adversiting

Memory tip: Advertising starts with advert, the short word for an advertisement.

Advertising in a sentence

Example 1: The advertising boards around the cricket ground change every over.

Example 2: Luca wants to work in advertising and make funny TV ads.

Example 3: Too much advertising on a website makes it slow to load.

Fun Fact

A Clean City Law that took effect in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2007 banned outdoor billboards, and thousands of large signs were taken down.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

advert_s_ng

a) i, e
b) e, i
c) y, i
d) i, i

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d) i, i. Both gaps take i: ad-ver-tis-ing.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gidsitraven

a) advertiser
b) adventuring
c) advertising
d) advertised

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c) advertising. With an n and a g in the jumble, it cannot be advertiser or advertised, and adventuring would need a u.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

advertising

a) privacy
b) silence
c) publicity
d) secrecy

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c) publicity. Advertising gives products publicity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a form of advertising?

a) a school report card
b) a library book
c) a family photo
d) a billboard for a new phone

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d) a billboard for a new phone

2. Advertising is mainly meant to ____.

a) forecast the weather
b) teach a school subject
c) report the day's news
d) make people want a product

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d) make people want a product

Associated Words

Words that end in -sing: embarrassing, prepossessing, depressing, confusing

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: promotion

More words from this list

blubber, convenience, embarrass, grievance, linguist, payroll, sergeant, unforgettable

Next steps

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