Spell Bee Word: ensure

Basic Details

Word: Ensure

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To make certain that something happens or is done.

Synonyms: make sure, guarantee, secure

Sounds like: insure (to pay a company so that you get money if something is lost or damaged)

How to Spell Ensure

Syllables: en - sure

Tricky part: The sh sound is spelt with just s, as in sure. Ensure is also easy to mix up with insure, which is about insurance.

Watch out for: enshure, ensuer, ensur

Memory tip: To ensure is to make sure, so just write en in front of sure.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Please ensure that all the windows are shut before you leave.

Example 2: The coach ensured that every player drank enough water.

Example 3: Wearing a helmet helps ensure your safety on a bicycle.

Fun Fact

Ensure and insure were once used for the same idea; today insure is kept mainly for insurance, especially in British and Indian English.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Before the trip, our teacher checked every bag to enshure nobody forgot a water bottle.

a) checked
b) bottle
c) teacher
d) enshure

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

ensure

a) doubt
b) risk
c) ignore
d) guarantee

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ensure
b) measurment
c) pleasur
d) reasure

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which sentence is ensure, not insure, the right word?

a) We ensure our car with a company every year.
b) Papa pays to ensure the house against fire.
c) Check the stove twice to ensure it is off.
d) She ensured her bicycle for a lot of money.

2. To ensure means to ____.

a) forget
b) hide
c) guess
d) make certain