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Spell Bee Word: Discover


What does discover mean?

Word: Discover

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Discover means to come upon something, or learn something, for the first time.

Synonyms: spot

How do you spell discover?

Syllables: dis - cov - er

Tricky part: The middle sounds like uh, but it is spelt o. Children often write discuver.

Watch out for: discuver, discovar, dicover

Memory tip: When you discover something, you say oh! That o is the vowel that comes straight after the c.

Discover in a sentence

Example 1: I discovered a bird's nest in the guava tree.

Example 2: Let us discover what is under that rock.

Example 3: Hannah discovered that ants love sugar.

Fun Fact

In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, a medicine, after noticing mould growing on a dish.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

discover

a) miss
b) hide
c) lose
d) find

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d) find. To discover something is to find it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) discovir
b) discovver
c) discover
d) diskover

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c) discover. Discover has one v, a c with no k, and ends in er.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

di_cover

a) k
b) c
c) z
d) s

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d) s. The first part of discover is dis, as in dislike.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Rani was suprised to discover a frog in her shoe.

a) suprised
b) discover
c) frog
d) shoe

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a) suprised. Surprised has an r straight after the u: s-u-r-p-r-i-s-e-d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might a scientist discover?

a) a new school bag
b) a new kind of frog
c) a new pair of shoes
d) a new pencil box

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b) a new kind of frog

2. Kabir discovered that his plant grows towards the window. This means Kabir ____.

a) forgot about it
b) did not believe it
c) drew a picture of it
d) found it out himself

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d) found it out himself

Associated Words

Words that end in -ver: shiver, river, however, whatever, driver, screwdriver

More words from this list

giddy, ink, mischief, publish, tractor, again, cafeteria, detail

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