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Spell Bee Word: Embassy


What does embassy mean?

Word: Embassy

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Embassy means the office of one country's officials in another country, usually in the capital city. An ambassador works there.

How do you spell embassy?

Syllables: em - bas - sy

Tricky part: The s is doubled in the middle: embasy is the commonest slip.

Watch out for: embasy, embessy, embassey

Memory tip: An embassy is where the ambassador works, and both words have a double s.

Embassy in a sentence

Example 1: The embassy helped the stranded travellers get home safely.

Example 2: Lights shone from every window of the embassy on its national day.

Example 3: My uncle works at the Indian embassy in Paris.

Fun Fact

Most foreign embassies in India are in New Delhi, and many of them stand in an area called Chanakyapuri.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) forein
b) embassy
c) pasport
d) goverment

Show answer

b) embassy. Embassy is right. Passport doubles its s, foreign hides a g and government has an n before -ment.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

emmbassy

a) y
b) m
c) s
d) b

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b) m. Embassy has one m, before the b.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sbmeasy

a) emabssy
b) ebmassy
c) embssay
d) embassy

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d) embassy. The two s's stay together, just before the y.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our class wrote letters to the French imbassy about a school exchange.

a) class
b) imbassy
c) exchange
d) letters

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b) imbassy. Embassy begins with em, not im.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An embassy usually flies the flag of ____.

a) the country it is in
b) its own country
c) the city it is in
d) the United Nations

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b) its own country

2. Why might a family visit an embassy?

a) to apply for a visa
b) to renew a library card
c) to pay a phone bill
d) to open a bank account

Show answer

a) to apply for a visa

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