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Spell Bee Word: Calm


What does calm mean?

Word: Calm

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Calm means quiet and peaceful; not worried or excited.

Synonyms: peaceful, quiet, relaxed

Antonyms: upset, stormy

How do you spell calm?

Syllables: calm

Tricky part: Calm has a silent l. We say kaam, but we must still write the l.

Watch out for: caam, cahm

Memory tip: Calm hides a silent l, the same quiet letter you meet in walk and talk.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. the calm before the storm: a quiet time just before something busy or difficult Example: "The school was quiet early in the morning, the calm before the storm of Sports Day."

Calm in a sentence

Example 1: The lake was calm in the morning.

Example 2: Stay calm and raise your hand.

Example 3: Dadi has a calm, soft voice.

Fun Fact

Calm is thought to come from a Greek word, kauma, meaning the heat of the midday sun, when people and animals stopped to rest.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

calm

a) hungry
b) slow
c) angry
d) tall

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c) angry. A calm person stays steady; an angry person shouts or stamps.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) happy
b) kalm
c) gentle
d) quiet

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b) kalm. Calm starts with c, not k.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_lm

a) a
b) i
c) o
d) e

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a) a. Calm has the open a sound of father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which child is calm?

a) Chirag, who stamps his feet
b) Anu, who waits for her turn
c) Ben, who shouts when he loses
d) Diya, who slams the door

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b) Anu, who waits for her turn

2. When the sea is calm, the waves are ____.

a) huge and wild
b) loud and crashing
c) small and gentle
d) tall and foamy

Show answer

c) small and gentle

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: peaceful, upset, stormy

More words from this list

dairy, flask, hutch, naughty, read, sofa, twist, attempt

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