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Spell Bee Word: Classify

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What does classify mean?

Word: Classify

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Classify means to put things into groups by what they share, such as size, colour or kind.

Synonyms: group

Antonyms: mix

How do you spell classify?

Syllables: clas - si - fy

Tricky part: Keep the double s of class: classify, not clasify.

Watch out for: clasify, classsify

Memory tip: Things in the same class belong together, so classify keeps the whole word class, with both its s's.

Classify in a sentence

Example 1: We had to classify the animals as wild or pet.

Example 2: Can you classify these shapes by colour?

Example 3: The librarian classifies books by subject.

Fun Fact

The Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus worked out a way to classify plants and animals and gave each one a two-part Latin name, such as Homo sapiens for humans.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) classefy
b) classyfy
c) classify
d) classifie

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c) classify. After the s's comes i, and the word ends in fy.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

classify

a) hide
b) break
c) spill
d) sort

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d) sort. To classify things is to sort them into groups.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Riya will klassify the shells by size.

a) shells
b) size
c) by
d) klassify

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d) klassify. Classify starts with c, as class does.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fyslacis

a) classfiy
b) classiyf
c) calssify
d) classify

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d) classify. Only one order makes a word that means sort into groups.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oliver classifies his toy cars by colour. Which pile does a red bus go in?

a) the red pile
b) the big pile
c) the new pile
d) the fast pile

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a) the red pile

2. Which group would you classify a parrot in?

a) birds
b) reptiles
c) fish
d) insects

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a) birds

Associated Words

Words that end in -ify: identify, unify, rectify

More words from this list

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