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Spell Bee Word: Consist


What does consist mean?

Word: Consist

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Consist means to be made up of certain parts or things. It is nearly always followed by of.

Synonyms: comprise, be made of

How do you spell consist?

Syllables: con - sist

Tricky part: Both s sounds are spelt with s. Because the first one comes after n, some children write a c there: concist.

Watch out for: concist, consisst

Memory tip: Consist has no c after the n: the only c is the one at the very start.

Consist in a sentence

Example 1: A week consists of seven days.

Example 2: Our lunch consisted of rice, lentils and a little pickle.

Example 3: The quiz team consists of four children from Class 3.

Fun Fact

It goes back to a Latin verb meaning to stand together or stand firm: the parts of a thing stand together to make it.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) inclued
b) combain
c) consist
d) mixcher

Show answer

c) consist. Include ends in ude, combine ends in ine and mixture ends in ture.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

c_ns_st

a) a, i
b) o, a
c) u, i
d) o, i

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d) o, i. The first vowel is o, and the vowel after the second s is i.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:

consist

a) int
b) ont
c) ant
d) ent

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d) ent. Consist + ent gives consistent, which means always the same.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

consiste

a) i
b) e
c) s
d) t

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b) e. Consist stops at the t, with no silent e after it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Water consists of hydrogen and

a) oxygen
b) carbon
c) nitrogen
d) helium

Show answer

a) oxygen

2. A rainbow consists of seven colours. This means a rainbow

a) lasts for seven minutes
b) changes colour seven times
c) is made up of seven colours
d) shows one colour at a time

Show answer

c) is made up of seven colours

Associated Words

Words that end in -ist: dramatist, biologist, assist, mist, novelist, resist

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: comprise

More words from this list

embassy, greengrocer, know, only, retro, suite, advanced, boredom

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