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Spell Bee Word: Collapse


What does collapse mean?

Word: Collapse

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Collapse means to fall down suddenly, or to break and cave in. A person can also collapse from illness or tiredness.

Synonyms: fall, cave in

Antonyms: stand, rise

How do you spell collapse?

Syllables: col - lapse

Tricky part: The ending trips people up: the e after the s is silent, so collaps and collapce are both wrong.

Watch out for: collaps, collapce, collapes

Memory tip: Think of horse and house: like them, collapse hides a silent e after its final s.

Collapse in a sentence

Example 1: The sandcastle collapsed when the wave hit it.

Example 2: Heavy rain made part of the old wall collapse.

Example 3: After the marathon, Dev collapsed onto the grass and laughed.

Fun Fact

Collapse comes from the Latin collapsus, meaning fallen together. The same Latin root gives lapse, a small slip or failure.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The tent began to colapse when the strong wind pulled out its pegs.

a) pegs
b) tent
c) colapse
d) wind

Show answer

c) colapse. Collapse begins col and carries a double l.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: collapse

a) strengthen
b) repair
c) build
d) crumble

Show answer

d) crumble. A building that crumbles falls to pieces, just as it does when it collapses.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pacsello

a) collapse
b) collage
c) eclipse
d) scallop

Show answer

a) collapse. Scallop leaves out the e, collage needs a g and eclipse an i; all eight letters make collapse.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

collappse

a) l
b) e
c) s
d) p

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d) p. There is just one p, between the a and the s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The tower of wooden blocks collapsed. What happened to it?

a) it fell down
b) it was rebuilt
c) it was shaken
d) it was painted

Show answer

a) it fell down

2. A collapsible chair is one that ____.

a) has broken legs
b) is very heavy
c) can be folded flat
d) can spin round

Show answer

c) can be folded flat

Associated Words

bookcaseworkshoplacrossemisunderstandheiress
internshiprusticfull mooneducationalalgorithm

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