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Spell Bee Word: Attract


What does attract mean?

Word: Attract

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Attract means to pull something towards itself, or to make people interested in something.

Synonyms: draw, pull

How do you spell attract?

Syllables: at - tract

Tricky part: There is a double t at the start. Atract, with one t, is the slip that turns up most in tests.

Watch out for: atract, atrract

Memory tip: Picture two magnets stuck together: they attract each other, just as the two t's in attract stick side by side.

Attract in a sentence

Example 1: The smell of hot jalebis attracted a crowd to the stall.

Example 2: The bright lights attract moths at night.

Example 3: The new park has attracted many families.

Fun Fact

Attract comes from the Latin attrahere, to draw towards. The same Latin word for pulling, trahere, gave us tractor, a machine made for pulling.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

attract

a) lift
b) catch
c) hold
d) repel

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d) repel. Magnets can attract or repel; repel means to push away.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

attract

a) ife
b) eve
c) iv
d) ive

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d) ive. Adding ive turns the doing word into a describing word: an attractive poster.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tactrat

a) attract
b) attratc
c) attrcat
d) attarct

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a) attract. Three t's are in the jumble, and two of them stand together near the front.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

attrackt

a) c
b) r
c) k
d) t

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c) k. Attract ends in ct with no k, just like act.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which object will a magnet attract?

a) a paper cup
b) an iron pin
c) a rubber band
d) a wooden spoon

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b) an iron pin

2. Flowers attract bees with their ____.

a) hard bark
b) sharp thorns
c) colour and smell
d) long roots

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c) colour and smell

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