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Spell Bee Word: Entire


What does entire mean?

Word: Entire

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Entire means all of something, with no part missing or left out.

Synonyms: whole, full

How do you spell entire?

Syllables: en - tire

Tricky part: The ending sounds like tyre or tier, so children write entyre or entier, but entire ends in ire.

Watch out for: entier, entyre, entiar

Memory tip: Picture a whole bicycle tyre with no part missing. Change the y of tyre to an i and you have the end of entire.

Entire in a sentence

Example 1: We finished the entire watermelon in one afternoon.

Example 2: It rained the entire day, so the match was called off.

Example 3: Aman read the entire storybook before bedtime.

Fun Fact

Entire comes, through French, from the Latin integer, meaning whole and untouched; in maths, whole numbers are still called integers.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

entire

a) complete
b) partial
c) empty
d) broken

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a) complete. If you watch the entire film, you watch the complete film, from start to finish.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

enttire

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

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c) t. Entire has just one t, straight after en.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) desire
b) intire
c) admire
d) umpire

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b) intire. Entire starts with en, not in.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tierne

a) netire
b) tenire
c) entire
d) etnire

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c) entire. Put en at the front and the tyre-sounding part at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mohan ate the entire pizza. How much pizza is left?

a) half
b) none
c) most of it
d) one slice

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b) none

2. Riya says, "I tidied my entire room." Which part did she tidy?

a) only her desk
b) just under her bed
c) half of her cupboard
d) every part of it

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d) every part of it

Associated Words

Words that end in -ire: campfire, bonfire, require, acquire

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: whole, full

More words from this list

gulf, lady, otter, rhythm, surely, afford, boxing, congratulate

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