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Spell Bee Word: December


What does December mean?

Word: December

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: December means the twelfth month of the year.

How do you spell December?

Syllables: De - cem - ber

Tricky part: December always starts with a capital D, and the s sound in the middle is spelt with a c.

Watch out for: Desember, Dezember

Memory tip: Like decide and decent, December uses a c for the s sound after de.

December in a sentence

Example 1: Our winter holidays begin in December.

Example 2: My birthday is on the fifth of December.

Example 3: December nights in Delhi are very cold.

Fun Fact

December comes from the Latin word decem, which means ten. It was the tenth month in the old Roman calendar.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

September, October, November, ____

a) August
b) December
c) March
d) January

Show answer

b) December. The months go in order, and December comes after November.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) Decembar
b) Decembor
c) December
d) Dicember

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c) December. December has an e after the D and ends with er.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

Decem_er

a) v
b) p
c) d
d) b

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d) b. Just before the er at the end of December comes a b.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

Decemmber

a) r
b) e
c) b
d) m

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d) m. December has just one m, before the b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which month comes just after December?

a) November
b) March
c) October
d) January

Show answer

d) January

2. Which festival comes in December?

a) Raksha Bandhan
b) Christmas
c) Diwali
d) Holi

Show answer

b) Christmas

Associated Words

Words that end in -mber: number, timber, cucumber

More words from this list

flour, inspect, nest, result, soup, unicycle, avoid, camera

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