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Spell Bee Word: Develop


What does develop mean?

Word: Develop

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Develop means to grow or change slowly into something bigger, stronger or more complete.

Synonyms: grow, build, improve

Antonyms: shrink

How do you spell develop?

Syllables: de - vel - op

Tricky part: There is no e at the end. Children who know envelope often add one and write develope.

Watch out for: develope, developpe

Memory tip: Develop stops sharply at op, with no e after it, the same way the word stop does.

Develop in a sentence

Example 1: Practice helps you develop good handwriting.

Example 2: The little bud will develop into a rose.

Example 3: Our town has developed a lot in ten years.

Fun Fact

A tadpole develops into a frog in stages. It grows back legs first, then front legs, and its tail slowly shrinks away.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) begining
b) libary
c) develop
d) tommorow

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c) develop. Library has an r after the b, tomorrow has one m and a double r, and beginning has a double n.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pevoled

a) envelop
b) deplete
c) develop
d) devolve

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c) develop. Envelop has an n instead of the d, devolve has two v's and deplete a t, so none of them matches these seven letters.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to make a new word:

develop____

a) meant
b) mant
c) mint
d) ment

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d) ment. The noun is development: develop keeps every letter and adds ment.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

devellop

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

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b) l. Vel has a single l: de-vel-op.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a seed develop into?

a) a stone
b) a plant
c) a cloud
d) a shell

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b) a plant

2. Regular practice helped Arjun develop his batting. What happened to his batting?

a) it became much worse
b) it slowly got better
c) it stopped all at once
d) it stayed just the same

Show answer

b) it slowly got better

Associated Words

backwarddesignerpurchasegraspearth
calendarleadlocateworriedfunny

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