Home / Free Study Material / Spell Bee Summer / Class 3 Spell Bee Summer Words / alive

Spell Bee Word: Alive


What does alive mean?

Word: Alive

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Alive means living and breathing, as a plant, an animal or a person is.

Synonyms: live

Antonyms: dead

How do you spell alive?

Syllables: a - live

Tricky part: There is only one l. Children sometimes double it, as in all, but alive has just one.

Watch out for: allive, aliev

Memory tip: Alive and alone both start a, then one l. If you can start alone, you can start alive.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. alive and kicking: Still active and full of energy. Example: "Our old school band is still alive and kicking after twenty years."

Alive in a sentence

Example 1: Water the plant every day to keep it alive.

Example 2: The old banyan tree near our school is still alive and green.

Example 3: The forest comes alive with birdsong at dawn.

Fun Fact

A date palm seed about 2,000 years old, found at Masada in Israel, was still alive: it was planted in 2005 and grew into a tree.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: alive

a) quiet
b) sleepy
c) hungry
d) living

Show answer

d) living. Living means alive, like a plant that is still growing.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

veali

a) ailve
b) laive
c) alive
d) alvie

Show answer

c) alive. The word starts with a-l, and the e stays silent at the very end.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandma's rose bush is still alyve after the long dry summer.

a) alyve
b) summer
c) rose
d) still

Show answer

a) alyve. The long i sound in alive is written with an i, as in five.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) breeth
b) groing
c) alive
d) helthy

Show answer

c) alive. Breathe ends in the, healthy has an a, and growing keeps its w; alive is right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Only one of these is alive. Which?

a) a steel spoon
b) a smooth stone
c) a growing tree
d) a plastic chair

Show answer

c) a growing tree

2. Which object was never alive?

a) a cotton shirt
b) a wooden spoon
c) a dry leaf
d) a glass marble

Show answer

d) a glass marble

Associated Words

moisturehilariouscommunityearthquakeanswer
digestdevotesigncellphonemarket

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

70%