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Spell Bee Word: Confess


What does confess mean?

Word: Confess

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Confess means to admit that you have done something wrong, or to tell a secret about yourself.

Synonyms: admit, own up, reveal

Antonyms: hide

How do you spell confess?

Syllables: con - fess

Tricky part: It ends in a double s, which children often cut down to one.

Watch out for: confes, confesse

Memory tip: Hiss the end of confess, sss: a long hiss needs two s's.

Confess in a sentence

Example 1: Ishaan confessed that he had eaten the last laddoo.

Example 2: I must confess I was scared of the dark when I was small.

Example 3: The boy confessed to breaking the window and offered to pay for it.

Fun Fact

Confess came into English from French more than 600 years ago, and goes back to a Latin verb meaning to admit.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

confess

a) declare
b) confide
c) disclose
d) deny

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d) deny. To deny is to say you did not do it, the opposite of owning up.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cunfess
b) forgiveness
c) honesty
d) apologise

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a) cunfess. The first beat is con, spelt with an o.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fescons

a) ocnfess
b) cofness
c) confess
d) cnofess

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c) confess. The word opens with three letters you can hear, con; find the choice that starts that way.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

conffess

a) n
b) s
c) f
d) e

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c) f. Only the s doubles in confess; the f stays single.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which words show that Raju is confessing?

a) The vase is very pretty.
b) I broke the vase, Mummy.
c) Who broke the vase?
d) Let us buy a new vase.

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b) I broke the vase, Mummy.

2. If you confess that you forgot your homework, you

a) hide your notebook in your bag
b) tell the teacher the truth
c) blame your little brother
d) say that the dog chewed it

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b) tell the teacher the truth

Associated Words

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