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Spell Bee Word: Evening


What does evening mean?

Word: Evening

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Evening means the part of the day between late afternoon and night.

Antonyms: morning

How do you spell evening?

Syllables: eve - ning

Tricky part: We say eev-ning, but there is an e after the v as well as before it.

Watch out for: evning, eveing

Memory tip: Picture two lamps lit in the evening, one on each side of the v: e, v, e.

Evening in a sentence

Example 1: We play badminton in the park every evening.

Example 2: The evening sky turned orange over the Arabian Sea.

Example 3: Grandma waters the plants in the evening.

Fun Fact

Eve, as in New Year's Eve, is a short form of even, an old English word for evening.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

morning, afternoon, ____, night

a) midnight
b) noon
c) dawn
d) evening

Show answer

d) evening. The day goes from morning to afternoon, then to evening, and night comes last of all.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) weekend
b) sunrise
c) evening
d) yestarday

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d) yestarday. The middle of yesterday is spelt ter, as in sister.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ngievne

a) evening
b) evengin
c) evenngi
d) eveinng

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a) evening. Keep e, v, e together at the start, then fit in the rest.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We fly kites on the roof every Sunday evenning.

a) Sunday
b) roof
c) kites
d) evenning

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d) evenning. A single n comes before the ing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these do you see in the evening sky?

a) the sun right overhead
b) the sun going down
c) the midday sun
d) the sun coming up

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b) the sun going down

2. Ravi said, 'See you this evening.' When will they meet?

a) after school, before dark
b) at midnight
c) at noon
d) before breakfast

Show answer

a) after school, before dark

Associated Words

Words that end in -ning: beginning, training, seasoning

More words from this list

hairy, lazy, packet, salty, sticker, weather, barn, classmate

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