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Spell Bee Word: countdown


Basic Details

Word: Countdown

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Counting backwards to zero before something starts, like a rocket launch, or the time just before an important event.

How to Spell Countdown

Syllables: count - down

Tricky part: The t of count is easy to swallow before the d. Down is spelt with ow, not ou.

Watch out for: coundown, countdoun, contdown

Memory tip: You count down to zero, so join count and down and keep every letter of both.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The countdown reached zero and the rocket lifted off from Sriharikota.

Example 2: We began the countdown to the summer holidays.

Example 3: Everyone shouted the last ten seconds of the New Year countdown.

Fun Fact

Fritz Lang's 1929 film Woman in the Moon is often credited with making the rocket-launch countdown popular.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) liftof
b) countdown
c) spacship
d) brakedown

Show answer

b) countdown. Liftoff needs ff, breakdown starts with break, and spaceship keeps the e of space.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The whole class joined the coundown as the satellite launch was shown on the big screen.

a) screen
b) satellite
c) joined
d) coundown

Show answer

d) coundown. Count keeps its t even when down follows.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) countdoun
b) launchpad
c) satellite
d) astronaut

Show answer

a) countdoun. Down is written with ow, as in town.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a countdown, numbers are said ____.

a) only once
b) backwards to zero
c) in a whisper
d) in alphabetical order

Show answer

b) backwards to zero

2. Which event usually has a countdown?

a) brushing your teeth
b) a rocket launch
c) watering plants
d) reading a book

Show answer

b) a rocket launch

Associated Words

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Next steps

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