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Spell Bee Word: Epicentre


What does epicentre mean?

Word: Epicentre

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Epicentre means the place on the earth's surface just above the point where an earthquake starts.

How do you spell epicentre?

Syllables: ep - i - cen - tre

Tricky part: British English ends the word in tre, with the r before the e; American books print epicenter.

Watch out for: epicentar, episenter

Memory tip: At the end, r comes before e: picture the ripple (r) reaching the surface before the shaking ends (e).

Epicentre in a sentence

Example 1: The epicentre of the earthquake was under the sea.

Example 2: Houses near the epicentre shook the most.

Example 3: Scientists used three stations to find the epicentre.

Fun Fact

News maps of an earthquake usually mark the epicentre with a star or a dot, with rings around it showing how far the shaking spread.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) earthquake
b) volcano
c) tremor
d) eppicentre

Show answer

d) eppicentre. Only one p is needed at the start of this word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The news said the episentre of the quake was close to the coast.

a) coast
b) episentre
c) quake
d) news

Show answer

b) episentre. The middle part is centre, spelt with a c.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

ep_ce_tre

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

Show answer

a) i, n. An i follows ep, and an n comes just before the tre.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence uses epicentre for the heart of an activity, not an earthquake?

a) Hollywood is the epicentre of American film-making.
b) Houses at the epicentre shook hardest.
c) Scientists marked the epicentre on a map.
d) The epicentre lay deep under the ocean.

Show answer

a) Hollywood is the epicentre of American film-making.

2. Which instrument records the shaking that scientists use to find an epicentre?

a) A telescope
b) A barometer
c) A seismograph
d) A thermometer

Show answer

c) A seismograph

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with e: ecosystem, equator, expensive, enrich, evolution, eliminate

More words from this list

heiress, manufacture, pod, router, tapestry, wonderland, biosphere, dappled

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