Spell Bee Word: completed

Basic Details

Word: Completed

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Finished; brought something to an end with every part done.

Synonyms: finished, concluded, ended, accomplished

Antonyms: started, abandoned, unfinished

How to Spell Completed

Syllables: com - plet - ed

Tricky part: The middle is plet with a single e and a single t. Students sometimes write ea as in pleat, or double the t.

Watch out for: compleated, completted, complited

Memory tip: Complete already ends in e, so just add a d: complete + d. Nothing doubles and nothing drops.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Ravi completed the thousand-piece jigsaw in one weekend.

Example 2: Hand in the completed form at the front office.

Example 3: The new library was completed before the monsoon.

Fun Fact

Complete comes from Latin complere, to fill up, so to complete something first meant to fill it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the word closest in meaning to completed as used in the sentence:

Meena completed her science project two days before it was due.

a) damaged
b) abandoned
c) finished
d) started

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c) finished. Completed means finished; abandoned means given up halfway.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

compl_t_d

a) e, i
b) i, e
c) a, e
d) e, e

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d) e, e. Both blanks take e: complete with a d on the end.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The road to the dam was pedtlemco after two years of work.

a) completed
b) deplete
c) competed
d) complied

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a) completed. Competed has no l, complied needs an i, and deplete has no c; completed fits the letters and the sentence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A completed form is one that ____.

a) has been torn
b) was never posted
c) is still blank
d) has every part filled in

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d) has every part filled in

2. Which sentence is in the past tense?

a) She completed the race.
b) She completes the race.
c) She is completing the race.
d) She will complete the race.

Show answer

a) She completed the race.

Associated Words

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