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Spell Bee Word: Between

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What does between mean?

Word: Between

Part of Speech: Preposition

Meaning: Between means in the space in the middle of two things or people.

How do you spell between?

Syllables: be - tween

Tricky part: The end is ee then n. Children often write betwen with one e, or betwean.

Watch out for: betwen, betwean

Memory tip: Picture yourself between two friends: the two e's side by side near the end are the two of you holding hands.

Between in a sentence

Example 1: I sat between Mummy and Papa at the show.

Example 2: We had a picnic between the two big trees.

Example 3: Do not eat between meals.

Next steps

Fun Fact

People often say between you and me just before they share a small secret.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) between
b) bitween
c) beetween
d) butween

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a) between. The first vowel is a single e, as in bed.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tewenbe

a) between
b) bewteen
c) ebtween
d) tbeween

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a) between. All four keep the two e's together, so check the letters before them in the order you say them.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

bettween

a) t
b) w
c) e
d) n

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a) t. Between has a single t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which letter comes between p and r?

a) o
b) s
c) t
d) q

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d) q

2. Clara sits between Marco and Jay. Where is Clara?

a) in the middle of the two
b) at the left end of the row
c) at the right end of the row
d) in the row behind them

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a) in the middle of the two

Associated Words

Words that end in -een: nineteen, canteen, queen, thirteen, sixteen, fourteen

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