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Spell Bee Word: Entrance


What does entrance mean?

Word: Entrance

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Entrance means the opening, door or passage through which you go into a place.

Synonyms: entry, gate, doorway

How do you spell entrance?

Syllables: en - trance

Tricky part: Enter loses its second e, so it is entr, not enter.

Watch out for: enterance, entrans

Memory tip: Enter drops an e to make entrance, the way hunger drops one to make hungry.

Entrance in a sentence

Example 1: Please wait for me near the main entrance of the zoo.

Example 2: The entrance to the cave was so low that we had to bend.

Example 3: A security guard checked our bags at the mall entrance.

Fun Fact

Spelt the same but said en-TRANCE, entrance is also a verb meaning to fill someone with wonder, as a magic show can.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: entrance

a) window
b) porch
c) lobby
d) exit

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d) exit. You go in through the entrance and out through the exit.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

entr_nc_

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

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c) a, e. The ending is ance, as in distance.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

trencane

a) entrance
b) nectarine
c) canter
d) recent

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a) entrance. Recent and canter leave letters unused, and nectarine needs an i; entrance takes all eight.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pasage
b) corridoor
c) balcany
d) entrance

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d) entrance. Corridor ends in or, passage has a double s and balcony has an o after the c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sign would you most likely see above a cinema entrance?

a) Staff Only
b) No Parking
c) Lift Out of Order
d) Way In

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d) Way In

2. An entrance exam is a test you take to...

a) move up to the next class
b) win a place at a school or college
c) join a sports team for a year
d) get a licence to drive a car

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b) win a place at a school or college

Associated Words

Words that end in -ance: allowance, maintenance, abundance, circumstance, admittance, performance

More words from this list

harmonious, management, placement, ridge, sweet, withdraw, belief, cyberspace

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