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Spell Bee Word: College


What does college mean?

Word: College

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: College means a place where people study after finishing school.

How do you spell college?

Syllables: col - lege

Tricky part: College has no d before the g, even though knowledge and edge have one.

Watch out for: colledge, collidge

Memory tip: College ends in ege, not edge. Picture a college that has no edge: no d anywhere.

College in a sentence

Example 1: My elder sister goes to college by bus.

Example 2: My uncle studied science at college.

Example 3: The college library is open till eight.

Fun Fact

College comes from the Latin collegium, a group of people who work together. The word colleague comes from the same root.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) collige
b) college
c) kollege
d) colleage

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b) college. The middle is lege, with an e on each side of the g.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My cousin studies at a colege in London.

a) cousin
b) colege
c) London
d) studies

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b) colege. College has a double l.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gelcole

a) colleeg
b) cloelge
c) college
d) colelge

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c) college. Only one choice is the place where students go after school.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In many countries, students start college after about ____ years of school.

a) 2
b) 12
c) 5
d) 8

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b) 12

2. Which word looks a lot like college but means a picture made by sticking on bits of paper?

a) collage
b) cottage
c) village
d) cabbage

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a) collage

Associated Words

Words that start with col: cold, column, colt, colon

More words from this list

excitement, Halloween, leadership, page, sandy, weed, baseball, classroom

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