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Spell Bee Word: Cleaned


Basic Details

Word: Cleaned

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Made something free of dirt, dust or marks. It is the past tense of clean.

Synonyms: washed, wiped, scrubbed, tidied

Antonyms: dirtied, soiled

How to Spell Cleaned

Syllables: cleaned

Tricky part: The ea of clean stays, and -ed is added with no doubling, because the vowel sound is long. The ending sounds like d, which leads to cleand.

Watch out for: cleand, cleened, cleanned

Memory tip: Find the word lean inside it: c + lean + ed.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We cleaned the whole house before Pongal.

Example 2: Dad cleaned the fish tank, and the guppies seemed happier.

Example 3: After the picnic, the class cleaned the park and left no wrappers behind.

Fun Fact

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the national cleanliness campaign, was launched on 2 October 2014, on Gandhi Jayanti.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Before the guests arrived for the housewarming, my brother cleand the windows and swept the long verandah twice.

a) housewarming
b) windows
c) verandah
d) cleand

Show answer

d) cleand. The past tense keeps all of clean and then adds -ed, even though we only hear a d.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word cleaned as used in the sentence:

The volunteers cleaned the beach at Juhu every Sunday morning.

a) dirtied
b) swept
c) tidied
d) scrubbed

Show answer

a) dirtied. To dirty something undoes cleaning; scrubbed, tidied and swept are all ways of cleaning.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The nurse dlenaec the wound gently before putting on a fresh bandage.

a) cleaner
b) leaned
c) cleaned
d) cleared

Show answer

c) cleaned. The letters have a d and a c but no r, which rules out cleared, cleaner and leaned.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word could replace cleaned in 'She cleaned the floor'?

a) painted
b) stained
c) mopped
d) cracked

Show answer

c) mopped

2. A room that has just been cleaned should look ____.

a) dim
b) spotless
c) crowded
d) dusty

Show answer

b) spotless

Associated Words

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invinciblescarecrowstatementjailbirddictate

Next steps

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