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Spell Bee Word: Awaken


What does awaken mean?

Word: Awaken

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Awaken means to wake up, or to make someone wake up.

Synonyms: wake

How do you spell awaken?

Syllables: a - wak - en

Tricky part: The ending is en. It is said quickly, so children often write awakan or awakin.

Watch out for: awakan, awakin

Memory tip: When you awaken, you open your eyes. Awaken ends with en, just as open does.

Awaken in a sentence

Example 1: The smell of hot parathas will awaken everyone in the house.

Example 2: Birds singing at dawn awaken me before my alarm.

Example 3: Speak softly, or you will awaken the baby.

Fun Fact

Awaken is a very old word. In Old English it was spelt onwaecnan.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

aw_ken

a) e
b) a
c) i
d) u

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b) a. The second beat sounds like the a in cake.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) alarm
b) sunrise
c) awakken
d) pillow

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c) awakken. Awaken has a single k, as in wake. The other three are written correctly.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

dream, ____, get up, brush your teeth

a) go to bed
b) say goodnight
c) eat lunch
d) awaken

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d) awaken. First you dream, then you awaken, and only after that do you get up.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nakewa

a) awaken
b) waaken
c) aawken
d) awkaen

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a) awaken. The word begins with the a sound you hear in about, so an a leads, followed by w.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do most people awaken?

a) in the evening
b) at midnight
c) at lunchtime
d) in the morning

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d) in the morning

2. Which sound might awaken a sleeping dog?

a) a feather landing
b) a flower opening
c) a doorbell ringing
d) a shadow moving

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c) a doorbell ringing

Associated Words

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