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Spell Bee Word: Airborne


What does airborne mean?

Word: Airborne

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Airborne means up off the ground, or carried along by the wind, such as dust or seeds.

Synonyms: flying, aloft

How do you spell airborne?

Syllables: air - borne

Tricky part: Borne ends with an e, which students often leave off. Born without the e is a different word.

Watch out for: airborn, airbourn, airbourne

Memory tip: Something airborne is carried by the air, and borne with an e means carried. Born without an e is about babies.

Airborne in a sentence

Example 1: Within minutes of take-off, the plane was airborne over the city.

Example 2: Airborne dust from the construction site made everyone cough.

Example 3: The kite stayed airborne for an hour on the breezy beach.

Fun Fact

A dandelion seed has a tiny parachute of fine hairs, so the wind can carry it a long way while it is airborne.

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Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) sunbern
b) raincote
c) waterfal
d) airborne

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d) airborne. Airborne is the only one with both halves right; the others should be raincoat, waterfall and sunburn.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The paper plane stayed areborne for ten whole seconds.

a) seconds
b) areborne
c) paper
d) plane

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b) areborne. The first half is the same air that we breathe.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: airborne

a) gliding
b) grounded
c) floating
d) soaring

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b) grounded. Something grounded stays on the ground and cannot fly.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nreboira

a) airliner
b) rainbow
c) airborne
d) airbrush

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c) airborne. There is no l, s, h or w among the letters, so only airborne can be built.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An airborne plane is ____.

a) on the runway
b) at the gate
c) in the air
d) in the hangar

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c) in the air

2. Airborne germs spread ____.

a) through the air
b) through water pipes
c) only in food
d) only by touch

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a) through the air

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with a: attraction, altogether, amazing, agitated, actress, acceleration

More words from this list

chapter, dialogue, final, inference, misjudge, price, severe, tricycle

Next steps

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