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Spell Bee Word: Cinema

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What does cinema mean?

Word: Cinema

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cinema means a building where people go to watch films on a big screen.

How do you spell cinema?

Syllables: cin - e - ma

Tricky part: A soft c, sounding like s, opens the word: cinema, not sinema.

Watch out for: sinema, senema

Memory tip: C before i often says s, as in city and circle. So cinema starts with a soft c, not an s.

Cinema in a sentence

Example 1: We went to the cinema to watch a cartoon film.

Example 2: The cinema was full on Saturday night.

Example 3: Raj bought popcorn at the cinema.

Fun Fact

The first public film show for a paying audience was given by the Lumiere brothers in Paris in December 1895.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cinema
b) cinama
c) cinima
d) cinuma

Show answer

a) cinema. The middle beat is e: cin-e-ma.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We watched a film at the cinnema.

a) at
b) watched
c) film
d) cinnema

Show answer

d) cinnema. Cinema has only one n.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

cinema

a) supermarket
b) hospital
c) stadium
d) multiplex

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d) multiplex. A multiplex is a big cinema with several screens under one roof.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the door of a cinema, you are asked to show ____.

a) a ticket
b) a report card
c) a bus pass
d) a library card

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a) a ticket

2. Why do people keep quiet in a cinema?

a) so the film ends sooner
b) so the screen stays clean
c) so others can hear the film
d) so the lights stay on

Show answer

c) so others can hear the film

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with c: cause, calf, coral, chalk, classify, cycle

More words from this list

elbow, grasshopper, kindergarten, observe, rib, squirrel, village, aware

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