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Spell Bee Word: evaluate


Basic Details

Word: Evaluate

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To judge how good, useful or valuable something is after looking at it carefully.

Synonyms: assess, judge, rate

How to Spell Evaluate

Syllables: e - val - u - ate

Tricky part: The middle comes from value with its e dropped. Many students add a v and write evaluvate.

Watch out for: evaluvate, evalute, evaulate

Memory tip: Value is inside it: e + valu + ate. Drop the e of value before adding ate.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Teachers evaluate our answer sheets carefully.

Example 2: Before buying a cycle, Papa evaluated three different models.

Example 3: Mrs Rao will evaluate each science project for originality.

Fun Fact

The noun evaluation was used in English first, in the 1700s, and the verb evaluate was later made by working backwards from it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The panel of judges will evaluvate every painting before announcing the winners on Friday.

a) panel
b) announcing
c) evaluvate
d) painting

Show answer

c) evaluvate. There is no v after the u: it is e-val-u-ate.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

evaluate

a) ignore
b) assess
c) forget
d) guess

Show answer

b) assess. To evaluate or assess work is to judge how good it is.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) evaluate
b) comparisun
c) calculete
d) estimete

Show answer

a) evaluate. Calculate, estimate and comparison would all be marked wrong in this form.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a teacher evaluates your essay, she ____.

a) judges how good it is
b) throws it away
c) copies it
d) reads it out for fun

Show answer

a) judges how good it is

2. Which word is hidden inside evaluate, without its final e?

a) valve
b) valley
c) value
d) vale

Show answer

c) value

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