What does assess mean?
Word: Assess
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Assess means to check carefully how good, how big or how important something is.
Synonyms: evaluate, check
How do you spell assess?
Syllables: as - sess
Tricky part: It has four s's in two pairs: as-sess. Children often write asess with only three.
Watch out for: asess, acess
Memory tip: Count the s's on your fingers: two after the a, two at the end. Four in all.
Assess in a sentence
Example 1: The teacher will assess our projects on Friday.
Example 2: Doctors assess a patient before giving medicine.
Example 3: The coach will assess each player at the trial.
Fun Fact
Long ago, an assessor was a helper who sat beside the person hearing a case in court; assess comes from the Latin assidere, to sit beside.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
assess
a) ignore
b) judge
c) guess
d) praise
Show answer
b) judge. When you assess something, you judge it.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
assess
a) mint
b) mente
c) mant
d) ment
Show answer
d) ment. Assessment is the check itself, spelt with the same ending as enjoyment.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) sissors
b) buisness
c) assess
d) adress
Show answer
c) assess. Address needs two d's, business has its u before the s, and scissors has a c after the first s.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
_ss_ss
a) e, e
b) a, e
c) a, i
d) e, i
Show answer
b) a, e. Assess starts with a, and its second half is spelt like the word less without the l.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a way to assess how well you swim?
a) packing a towel and goggles
b) reading a story about fish
c) timing a length of the pool
d) buying a new swimming cap
Show answer
c) timing a length of the pool
2. At the drawing contest, three teachers assess every picture. What are they doing?
a) deciding how good each one is
b) drawing pictures of their own
c) handing the pictures back unseen
d) hanging the pictures on a wall
Show answer
a) deciding how good each one is
