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Spell Bee Word: Charity


Basic Details

Word: Charity

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Giving money, food or help to people who need it; also a group that collects and gives such help.

Synonyms: kindness, generosity, giving

Antonyms: greed, selfishness

How to Spell Charity

Syllables: char - i - ty

Tricky part: The middle vowel is i, though it sounds unclear. There is only one r.

Watch out for: charety, charrity, charaty

Memory tip: When I give, that is charity: put the I in the middle, char-I-ty.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. charity begins at home: you should look after your own family first, before helping others Example: "Dadi says charity begins at home, so help your little brother with his homework first."

Usage Examples

Example 1: Our school collected old clothes for charity.

Example 2: The charity runs free classes for children in the village.

Example 3: Uncle gives part of his salary to charity every year.

Fun Fact

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata in 1950.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: charity

a) help
b) greed
c) generosity
d) kindness

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b) greed. Greed is wanting everything for yourself, the opposite of giving.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) volunter
b) charity
c) genarous
d) donashun

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b) charity. Charity needs only one r and an i in the middle.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

ch_r_ty

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

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b) a, i. Say char-i-ty: a in char, i in the middle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tryhaci

a) charety
b) chairty
c) chraity
d) charity

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d) charity. Make char first, then add ity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Riya gives her old storybooks to a village library. What is this?

a) greed
b) a race
c) charity
d) a quarrel

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c) charity

2. A charity is mostly run to ____.

a) build rockets
b) make films
c) help people in need
d) sell cars

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c) help people in need

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