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Spell Bee Word: Central


What does central mean?

Word: Central

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Central means in the middle of something, or the most important or main one.

Synonyms: middle, main

How do you spell central?

Syllables: cen - tral

Tricky part: There is no e between the t and the r, even though some people say cen-ter-al.

Watch out for: centeral, centerl

Memory tip: Say cen-tral in two beats. There is no beat between the t and the r, so no e goes there.

Central in a sentence

Example 1: The park is in the central part of our town.

Example 2: Our classroom is in the central block of the school.

Example 3: The bus stops at the central square of the city.

Fun Fact

Madhya Pradesh means central province, a good name for a state that lies in the middle of India.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) centrel
b) central
c) centril
d) centrul

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b) central. The word ends in al, as in total and animal.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

central

a) busy
b) inner
c) outer
d) nearby

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c) outer. Central things are in the middle, and outer things are at the edge.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our flat is near the sentral market.

a) sentral
b) flat
c) market
d) near

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a) sentral. Central starts with a c, like centre.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lratnec

a) cnetral
b) centarl
c) central
d) centrla

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c) central. Only one choice is a word you could use for the middle of a town.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of your face is central?

a) your ears
b) your cheeks
c) your nose
d) your eyebrows

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c) your nose

2. Which city is in central India?

a) Chennai
b) Kolkata
c) Nagpur
d) Shimla

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c) Nagpur

Associated Words

Words that end in -ral: coral, natural, rural

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: main

More words from this list

drawer, gorilla, movement, quite, tulip, another, dive, inside

Next steps

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