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Spell Bee Word: Careless


What does careless mean?

Word: Careless

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Careless means not paying enough attention, so that mistakes or accidents happen.

Synonyms: sloppy, thoughtless

How do you spell careless?

Syllables: care - less

Tricky part: Keep the e at the end of care when you add the ending. Children often drop it.

Watch out for: carelees, carlees

Memory tip: Every letter of care stays in careless: nothing is dropped when the ending joins on.

Careless in a sentence

Example 1: A careless mistake cost me one mark.

Example 2: Do not be careless with scissors.

Example 3: Raj was careless and spilled milk on the floor.

Fun Fact

Careless is a very old English word: more than a thousand years ago it was written carleas.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

careless

a) cheerful
b) thankful
c) helpless
d) careful

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d) careful. Careful is the opposite of careless.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A carelass boy left his bag on the bus.

a) carelass
b) bus
c) boy
d) bag

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a) carelass. Carelass has an a where the e should be.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) kareless
b) carelless
c) careless
d) careles

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c) careless. Careless ends in a double s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A careless child might ____.

a) check work twice
b) hold a pencil safely
c) walk slowly on a wet floor
d) drop a glass without looking

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d) drop a glass without looking

2. Mohan wrote his answers fast and did not check them. What might his teacher say?

a) You took great care with this.
b) Please check your work next time.
c) Your work is very neat today.
d) Well done for checking twice.

Show answer

b) Please check your work next time.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ess: guess, dress, address, nightdress, success, business

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: thoughtless

More words from this list

December, flour, inspect, nest, result, soup, unicycle, avoid

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