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Spell Bee Word: Continue


What does continue mean?

Word: Continue

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Continue means to keep on doing something, or to start again after a break.

Synonyms: carry on

How do you spell continue?

Syllables: con - tin - ue

Tricky part: The end of continue sounds like you, but it is spelt ue. Children often write continew or contineu.

Watch out for: contineu, continew

Memory tip: Glue, blue and continue all finish with the same two letters, ue.

Continue in a sentence

Example 1: We will continue the story after lunch.

Example 2: The rain continued all night.

Example 3: Continue walking till you reach the gate.

Fun Fact

Continue and continent both come from the Latin word continere, to hold together. A continent is land that goes on and on without a break.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

continue

a) last
b) keep
c) stop
d) go on

Show answer

c) stop. When you stop, you do not go on any more; keep, last and go on are all about carrying on.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) continue
b) cantinue
c) conntinue
d) kontinue

Show answer

a) continue. Continue starts with c, an o and a single n.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Please contenue reading your book.

a) Please
b) book
c) contenue
d) reading

Show answer

c) contenue. The middle part of continue is tin, not ten.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tneoucin

a) continue
b) contniue
c) conitnue
d) cnotinue

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a) continue. Spot con at the start; tin and the ue ending use up the rest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The last page of a comic says 'to be continued'. What does that tell you?

a) the comic has pages missing
b) the story goes on in the next one
c) the story starts again from the top
d) the story is over for good

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b) the story goes on in the next one

2. Which of these can continue for many days?

a) a sneeze
b) a blink
c) a festival
d) a clap

Show answer

c) a festival

Associated Words

mulelionlaughpurplewrong
goatcousinattemptwalkwarm

More words from this list

fame, gull, marigold, pollution, ship, tie, aim, bored

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