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Spell Bee Word: Estimate

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What does estimate mean?

Word: Estimate

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Estimate means to work out roughly how many, how big or how long something is, without counting or measuring exactly.

How do you spell estimate?

Syllables: es - ti - mate

Tricky part: The middle vowel is i, not e. Children often write estemate.

Watch out for: estemate, estamate, estimait

Memory tip: When I estimate, I am the one working it out, so put an i, for I, in the middle: es-ti-mate.

Estimate in a sentence

Example 1: Estimate how many sweets are in the jar.

Example 2: Papa estimated that the drive would take two hours.

Example 3: I estimated the length of my desk with my hand span.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Estimate and esteem grow from the same Latin word, aestimare, which means to judge what something is worth.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

estimate

a) know
b) forget
c) guess
d) hide

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c) guess. When you estimate, you make a careful guess.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) estimat
b) estimete
c) estimate
d) esstimate

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c) estimate. Estimate has one s and ends in mate.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

esti_ate

a) l
b) r
c) n
d) m

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d) m. Clap es-ti-mate: the last beat starts with m.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Can you estimate how many marbels are in the bag?

a) estimate
b) marbels
c) many
d) bag

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b) marbels. Marble ends in le, so more than one is marbles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word shows that a number is only an estimate?

a) about
b) correctly
c) exactly
d) precisely

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a) about

2. Which of these would you estimate rather than count exactly?

a) legs of a chair
b) wheels on a bicycle
c) grains of rice in a sack
d) fingers on your hand

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c) grains of rice in a sack

Associated Words

Words that end in -ate: separate, pomegranate, classmate, educate, irate, climate

More words from this list

laughter, overcoat, sail, steer, water, bank, claim, electricity

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