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Spell Bee Word: Conclude


Basic Details

Word: Conclude

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To end something; also to decide something after thinking about all the facts.

Synonyms: end, finish, close, decide

Antonyms: begin, start

How to Spell Conclude

Syllables: con - clude

Tricky part: The long oo sound is spelt u with a magic e at the end. Children write conclood or forget the e.

Watch out for: conclood, conclud, conclewd

Memory tip: Conclude belongs to a family that all end in -clude: include, exclude, conclude.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The principal will conclude the assembly with the national anthem.

Example 2: From the wet road, we concluded that it had rained at night.

Example 3: The story concludes with the prince returning home.

Fun Fact

It comes from the Latin claudere, to shut, so when you conclude a meeting you close it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

conclude

a) finish
b) begin
c) start
d) open

Show answer

a) finish. To conclude a speech is to finish it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) begining
b) decied
c) compleet
d) conclude

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d) conclude. Beginning needs a double n, complete ends in ete and decide ends in ide.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dlucnoce

a) concldue
b) conclude
c) cnoclude
d) conculde

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b) conclude. Write con, then the clude that also ends include.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The teacher will conclood the meeting with a short prayer.

a) teacher
b) prayer
c) conclood
d) meeting

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c) conclood. The oo sound here is spelt u-e: clude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word means almost the same as conclude?

a) climb
b) end
c) invite
d) borrow

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b) end

2. The footprints led to the river, so the guard concluded that the thief had crossed it. Here concluded means

a) decided after thinking
b) shouted loudly
c) drew a picture
d) forgot quickly

Show answer

a) decided after thinking

Associated Words

diversityserenecultivatedaffodilobserve
narrowlandlorddamageextraordinaryscatter

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