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Spell Bee Word: Arrive

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What does arrive mean?

Word: Arrive

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Arrive means to reach a place at the end of a trip.

Synonyms: reach, come

Antonyms: depart

How do you spell arrive?

Syllables: ar - rive

Tricky part: It has two r's, though many children hear only one and write only one.

Watch out for: arive, arryve

Memory tip: Arrive has a double r, just like arrow. An arrow, too, arrives where it was aimed.

Arrive in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma's flight will arrive late tonight.

Example 2: Guests began to arrive for the party.

Example 3: When did the parcel arrive?

Fun Fact

Arrive comes from Latin words meaning to the shore. It was first used for ships coming to land.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) station
b) luggage
c) arriv
d) ticket

Show answer

c) arriv. Arrive keeps the e at the end, like five and drive.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

arrive

a) stay
b) wait
c) leave
d) land

Show answer

c) leave. When you leave, you go away from a place instead of reaching it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

virrae

a) arrive
b) arreiv
c) arrvie
d) arrvei

Show answer

a) arrive. All four keep the two r's after the a, so look at how each one ends.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The school bus will arrieve at eight.

a) arrieve
b) school
c) bus
d) eight

Show answer

a) arrieve. The vowel sound in the second beat is a plain i, with no e straight after it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The train arrives at 6 o'clock. What happens at 6?

a) It leaves the station.
b) It stops working.
c) It is washed and cleaned.
d) It reaches the station.

Show answer

d) It reaches the station.

2. Nora left home at 8:00 and arrived at school at 8:20. How long did she take?

a) 20 minutes
b) 8 minutes
c) 28 minutes
d) 1 hour

Show answer

a) 20 minutes

Associated Words

Words that end in -ive: receive, forgive, narrative, relative, destructive, attractive

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: depart

More words from this list

cereal, gosling, jaguar, music, rainy, space, tunic, apart

Next steps

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