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Spell Bee Word: Current


What does current mean?

Word: Current

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Current means water or air moving in one direction, like a river pulling a leaf along. Electric current is electricity moving through a wire.

Synonyms: stream

Sounds like: currant (a small dried grape used in cakes)

How do you spell current?

Syllables: cur - rent

Tricky part: Current ends in ent. Currant, with ant, is a different word: a small dried fruit.

Watch out for: currunt, curant, currint

Memory tip: The current went that way: current ends in ent, just like went.

Current in a sentence

Example 1: The strong current made swimming hard.

Example 2: Never touch a switch with wet hands; the current can hurt you.

Example 3: Fish can swim against the current.

Fun Fact

Electric current is measured in units called amperes, or amps.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) current
b) carrent
c) kurrent
d) corrent

Show answer

a) current. Current starts with cu, as cup does.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The river had a strong curent today.

a) strong
b) curent
c) river
d) today

Show answer

b) curent. One r is missing; the current of a river needs rr.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

current

a) stop
b) rock
c) dust
d) flow

Show answer

d) flow. A current is a flow of water or air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pick the sentence where current is used the right way.

a) The current pulled the boat along.
b) I ate a dried current.
c) The current was sweet and chewy.
d) Grandma put a current in the cake.

Show answer

a) The current pulled the boat along.

2. Papa switches off the electric current. What stops working?

a) the spoon
b) the fan
c) the kite
d) the pencil

Show answer

b) the fan

Associated Words

Words that end in -rent: grandparent, different, rent

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: stream

More words from this list

fridge, honey, place, settle, team, worry, bracelet, crayon

Next steps

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