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Spell Bee Word: Date


What does date mean?

Word: Date

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Date means the day, month and year, like 2 October. A date is also a sweet brown fruit.

How do you spell date?

Syllables: date

Tricky part: The silent e at the end makes the a say its name. Without it you would read dat.

Watch out for: dat, dait

Memory tip: Think of a calendar page. You write the date at the top, and the quiet e sits at the end of the word.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. up to date: New, with the latest news or things. Example: "Our class calendar is up to date."

Date in a sentence

Example 1: What is the date today?

Example 2: Write the date on top of the page.

Example 3: Grandma gave me a sweet date to eat.

Fun Fact

Dates are one of the oldest fruits that people have grown. They have been eaten for thousands of years.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) yeer
b) date

Show answer

a) yeer. Year is spelt with ea in the middle; yeer uses ee.

Sound Check

Choose the word which does not rhyme with 'date':

a) dot
b) gate

Show answer

a) dot. Gate ends in ate, like date. Dot has a short o.

Spellacadabra

Remove one letter to make a meaningful word:

datte

a) t
b) d

Show answer

a) t. One t sits between the a and the e. The second t has to go.

Jumble Tumble

Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a hidden word:

adet

a) date
b) tade

Show answer

a) date. Start with d and a, and let the e come last.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a date?

a) ten pounds
b) five metres
c) 26 January
d) 6 o'clock

Show answer

c) 26 January

2. Dates grow on which kind of tree?

a) a mango tree
b) a neem tree
c) a banyan tree
d) a palm tree

Show answer

d) a palm tree

Associated Words

Words that end in -te: jute, taste, paste, flute, delete, termite

More words from this list

form, home, late, note, rule, test, very, also

Next steps

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