What does convince mean?
Word: Convince
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Convince means to make someone believe that something is true, or to get them to agree to do something.
Synonyms: assure
How do you spell convince?
Syllables: con - vince
Tricky part: The last sound is a soft c with a silent e after it: children write convinse or convins.
Watch out for: convinse, convins
Memory tip: The e at the end of convince keeps the c soft, so it says s, as in mice and dance.
Convince in a sentence
Example 1: I could not convince my brother to share his chocolate.
Example 2: Freya convinced her parents to adopt a puppy.
Example 3: The lawyer tried to convince the judge.
Fun Fact
It comes from a Latin verb meaning to defeat completely: when you convince someone, your idea has won.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
convince
a) persuade
b) doubt
c) argue
d) refuse
Show answer
a) persuade. To persuade someone is to get them to agree, which is what convince means.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) decission
b) explaine
c) arguement
d) convince
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d) convince. Decision has one s in the middle, argument drops the e of argue and explain has no final e.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
civnoecn
a) ocnvince
b) convince
c) covnince
d) cnovince
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b) convince. It must start with con, and only one choice does.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Meera tried hard to convence her dad to buy a kite.
a) kite
b) convence
c) tried
d) hard
Show answer
b) convence. The vowel after the v is i, as in prince.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mateo convinced his friend to join the drawing class. What happened?
a) His friend forgot to join.
b) His friend was not asked.
c) His friend refused to join.
d) His friend agreed to join.
Show answer
d) His friend agreed to join.
2. To convince your parents to let you join a swimming class, you would
a) forget about the class
b) sulk in your room all day
c) ask a friend to go instead
d) give them good reasons
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d) give them good reasons
