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Spell Bee Word: eligible


Basic Details

Word: Eligible

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Allowed to do or receive something because you meet the rules, such as the right age or class.

Synonyms: qualified, entitled, suitable

Antonyms: ineligible, unqualified

How to Spell Eligible

Syllables: el - i - gi - ble

Tricky part: Both middle vowels are i, and the ending is ible, not able. Students often write elegible or eligable.

Watch out for: eligable, elegible, eligibal

Memory tip: Say 'I, I can enter': the two middle vowels are both i, and the word ends with ible.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Students from Classes 1 to 8 are eligible for the school quiz.

Example 2: In India you become eligible to vote at eighteen.

Example 3: Only players under fourteen were eligible for the junior team.

Fun Fact

An amendment to the Indian Constitution passed in 1988 lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

____eligible

a) im
b) il
c) in
d) un

Show answer

c) in. The opposite of eligible is ineligible, made with in.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

el_g_ble

a) e, a
b) i, i
c) i, a
d) e, i

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b) i, i. The vowels after l and after g are both i.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

eligible

a) forbidden
b) banned
c) unfit
d) qualified

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d) qualified. If you are eligible, you meet the rules, so you are qualified.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A student who is eligible for a scholarship ____.

a) refuses to apply
b) has left school
c) has already spent it
d) meets its conditions

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d) meets its conditions

2. A painting contest is open to Class 5 only. Who is eligible?

a) Tanvi, who is in Class 5
b) Sunil, a teacher
c) Ira, who is in college
d) Raj, who is in Class 9

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a) Tanvi, who is in Class 5

Associated Words

decisivedecadestrategysuspicionvigilant
ridiculoustendencysatiresitequotation

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