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Spell Bee Word: Believe


What does believe mean?

Word: Believe

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Believe means to feel sure that something is true, or that someone is telling the truth.

Synonyms: trust

How do you spell believe?

Syllables: be - lieve

Tricky part: The middle is ie, not ei. Children also leave out the last e and write belive.

Watch out for: belive, beleave, beleeve

Memory tip: Never believe a lie: the word lie is hiding inside believe.

Believe in a sentence

Example 1: I believe you, Anu.

Example 2: Do you believe in fairies?

Example 3: My coach believes I can run faster.

Fun Fact

Believe is related to love and to an old English word, lief, which meant dear. Long ago, to believe someone was close to holding them dear.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) yellow
b) happy
c) bilieve
d) little

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c) bilieve. The first part is be, the same as in begin.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: believe

a) know
b) doubt
c) accept
d) think

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b) doubt. When you doubt something, you are not sure it is true.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

belie_e

a) f
b) w
c) b
d) v

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d) v. You hear a v near the end of believe, and it is spelt v.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

I believe my little bruther will love this book.

a) believe
b) bruther
c) little
d) book

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b) bruther. Brother has an o after the r, just like mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mira believes she will win the race. How does she feel?

a) too tired to run
b) cross with her friend
c) afraid of the race
d) sure of herself

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d) sure of herself

2. Rahul says he saw a pink elephant. Ria does not believe him. What does Ria think?

a) his story is very long
b) his story is very old
c) his story is very sad
d) his story is not true

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d) his story is not true

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with be: before, berry, beautiful, beauty, beach, beep

More words from this list

chilli, dream, gentleman, laugh, party, Saturday, switch, yak

Next steps

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