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Spell Bee Word: Eighteen


What does eighteen mean?

Word: Eighteen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Eighteen means the number 18. It comes after seventeen.

How do you spell eighteen?

Syllables: eigh - teen

Tricky part: When teen is added, eight changes a little. Children often keep every letter of eight and write teen after it.

Watch out for: eightean, aiteen, eighten

Memory tip: Eight and teen share their t, so eighteen has only one t.

Eighteen in a sentence

Example 1: My cousin turned eighteen last week.

Example 2: There are eighteen children in our music class.

Example 3: Eighteen plus two makes twenty.

Fun Fact

In India, a person can vote in elections from the age of eighteen.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

sixteen, seventeen, ____, nineteen

a) eleven
b) eighteen
c) fifteen
d) twenty

Show answer

b) eighteen. Counting on by one from seventeen gives eighteen.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) aighteen
b) eihteen
c) eigteen
d) eighteen

Show answer

d) eighteen. The eigh of eight stays whole: e, i, g, h, then teen.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My sister has eighteen colour pensils in her box.

a) pensils
b) sister
c) colour
d) eighteen

Show answer

a) pensils. Pencil is spelt with a c, not an s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is an even number, like eighteen?

a) eleven
b) nineteen
c) fifteen
d) twenty

Show answer

d) twenty

2. How many tens are there in eighteen?

a) one
b) eight
c) two
d) ten

Show answer

a) one

Associated Words

Words that end in -teen: fourteen, thirteen, canteen

More words from this list

golden, liquid, pilot, seagull, teach, abroad, biscuit, clean

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