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Spell Bee Word: Dinner


What does dinner mean?

Word: Dinner

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dinner means the main meal of the evening.

How do you spell dinner?

Syllables: din - ner

Tricky part: Dinner has a double n. With one n it becomes diner, which means a person eating or a small restaurant.

Watch out for: dinnar, dinnor, dinnere

Memory tip: A diner is a person eating, and a diner eats dinner. The person gets one n; the meal gets two.

Dinner in a sentence

Example 1: We have dinner at eight o'clock.

Example 2: Grandma made lentils and rice for dinner.

Example 3: After dinner we go for a short walk.

Fun Fact

Long ago in England, dinner was the big meal eaten in the middle of the day, not at night.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pickle
b) kitchen
c) dinnur
d) breakfast

Show answer

c) dinnur. Dinner ends in er, the way water does.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

diinner

a) i
b) e
c) n
d) r

Show answer

a) i. Dinner has just one i.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

dinner

a) supper
b) dessert
c) breakfast
d) picnic

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a) supper. Supper is another name for the meal eaten in the evening.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

breakfast, lunch, ____

a) brunch
b) noon
c) sunrise
d) dinner

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d) dinner. These are the meals of the day in order, and dinner comes after lunch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At a dinner party, guests ____.

a) play a cricket match
b) sit a spelling test
c) share an evening meal
d) go for a long swim

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c) share an evening meal

2. After dinner, it is usually time to ____.

a) go to school
b) eat breakfast
c) get ready for bed
d) catch the school bus

Show answer

c) get ready for bed

Associated Words

Words that end in -ner: sharpener, designer, fastener, gardener, container, owner

More words from this list

garment, ill, midnight, profit, skyscraper, tower, admission, buy

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