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Spell Bee Word: Alien


What does alien mean?

Word: Alien

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Alien means a creature from another planet, as in stories and films. As an adjective, it describes something you are not used to at all.

Synonyms: foreign, unfamiliar

Antonyms: familiar, native

How do you spell alien?

Syllables: a - li - en

Tricky part: Students often swap the i and e and write alein, or put the i first and write ailen.

Watch out for: alein, ailen, aleen

Memory tip: Little green men from Mars belong in a tall tale, and a tall tale holds a lie. Alien holds one too, with the i before the e.

Alien in a sentence

Example 1: The film was about a lost alien who lands in a village.

Example 2: Snow felt alien to Kavya when she first visited Switzerland.

Example 3: My brother drew an alien with three eyes and green skin.

Fun Fact

Scientists use giant radio telescopes to listen for signals from space, but no proof of alien life has been found so far.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: alien

a) friendly
b) strange
c) local
d) helpful

Show answer

b) strange. Alien can mean strange or unknown to you.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) astronot
b) univers
c) teliscope
d) alien

Show answer

d) alien. Astronaut ends in naut, telescope has an e after the l and universe ends in se; alien is the one spelt correctly.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

allien

a) e
b) l
c) i
d) a

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b) l. Alien starts with a single l, straight after the a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In films, aliens usually travel in a ____.

a) helicopter
b) submarine
c) hot-air balloon
d) spaceship

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d) spaceship

2. City noise felt alien to the boy from the quiet village. This means the noise felt ____.

a) dull and boring
b) calm and soothing
c) loud but familiar
d) new and odd to him

Show answer

d) new and odd to him

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: foreign, native

More words from this list

chemical, disallow, flexible, insecure, modest, proceed, silence, twirl

Next steps

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