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Spell Bee Word: Earn


What does earn mean?

Word: Earn

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Earn means to get money for work you do. You can also earn something by doing well, such as a prize.

How do you spell earn?

Syllables: earn

Tricky part: You hear one vowel sound at the start, but two vowels are written, e and then a. A quick writer puts ern.

Watch out for: ern, eern

Memory tip: Effort and Action bring in money: E, then A, and you have the start of earn.

Earn in a sentence

Example 1: Ravi earns money by washing cars on Sundays.

Example 2: Mum earns more when she works on Saturdays.

Example 3: You can earn a gold star for neat work.

Fun Fact

This is a very old word. People wrote it as earnian in Old English, more than a thousand years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ea_n

a) r
b) t
c) s
d) l

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a) r. Your tongue curls for this letter, as it does in barn and turn.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

earnn

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

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d) n. A word this short closes with a single letter here, not a pair.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

earn

a) spend
b) win
c) gain
d) receive

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a) spend. Money comes in when you do one and goes out when you do the other.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) earn
b) teech
c) carry
d) build

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b) teech. What a person at the blackboard does is spelt with ea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could a child earn some money?

a) saving coins in a jar
b) selling lemonade at a stall
c) borrowing from a friend
d) finding a coin on the road

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b) selling lemonade at a stall

2. Neha earned a place in the choir. How did she get it?

a) She sang well at the test.
b) She bought it at a shop.
c) She found it in a book.
d) Her brother gave her his.

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a) She sang well at the test.

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with e: excitement, eager, erase, escape, exercise, eyelash

More words from this list

grandson, kangaroo, number, regular, spider, vanilla, arrow, certain

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