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Spell Bee Word: Amendment

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What does amendment mean?

Word: Amendment

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Amendment means a change made to a law, a rule or a document to correct or improve it.

Synonyms: change, revision, correction

How do you spell amendment?

Syllables: a - mend - ment

Tricky part: There is only one m at the start. Students who think of words like command and comment often add a second m.

Watch out for: ammendment, amendmant, amenment

Memory tip: To amend something is to mend it: put a in front of mend, so a single m comes first.

Amendment in a sentence

Example 1: Parliament passed an amendment to the law last week.

Example 2: The class voted on an amendment to the rules for the library corner.

Example 3: After the amendment, the form asked for a parent's phone number too.

Next steps

Fun Fact

The US Constitution has been amended 27 times since it came into force in 1789. The 19th Amendment, added in 1920, gave women the right to vote.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

amendement

a) n
b) m
c) e
d) d

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c) e. Mend and ment join straight on, with no e between them.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

amendment

a) argument
b) agreement
c) approval
d) alteration

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d) alteration. An alteration is a change, which is what an amendment makes to a law.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) comittee
b) amendment
c) goverment
d) parliment

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b) amendment. Government needs an n before ment, parliament an a, and committee a double m.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Parliament passes an amendment, the law is ____.

a) left exactly as it was
b) read out once more
c) printed in a new book
d) changed in some way

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d) changed in some way

2. A teacher asks for amendments to your draft essay. She wants you to ____.

a) hand it in a day early
b) read it aloud in class
c) fix some parts of it
d) copy it out more neatly

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c) fix some parts of it

Associated Words

Words that end in -ment: enrolment, shipment, ligament, filament, requirement, development

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: revision

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