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Spell Bee Word: Expanse


What does expanse mean?

Word: Expanse

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Expanse means a wide, open area of land, sea or sky that seems to go on and on.

How do you spell expanse?

Syllables: ex - panse

Tricky part: Pupils who mix this word up with expense, the money something costs, put an e where the a belongs.

Watch out for: expence, expans

Memory tip: A vast expanse: vast and expanse share the same a sound and the same letter a.

Expanse in a sentence

Example 1: From the top of the hill we could see a wide expanse of green tea gardens.

Example 2: The Rann of Kutch turns into a white expanse of salt in winter.

Example 3: There was not a single cloud in the blue expanse of sky over the playground.

Fun Fact

The Thar Desert, a huge expanse of sand dunes, covers parts of Rajasthan and reaches into Pakistan.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

expannse

a) a
b) p
c) s
d) n

Show answer

d) n. A single n sits before the s.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) responce
b) expanse
c) nuisence
d) ecclipse

Show answer

b) expanse. Nuisance has an a before nce, response ends in se, and eclipse has a single c.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

expanse

a) speck
b) fragment
c) stretch
d) crack

Show answer

c) stretch. A long stretch of sand or water is the same as a wide expanse.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

naspexe

a) expands
b) exposes
c) expanse
d) extends

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c) expanse. The jumble has two e's and no d, o or t, so only one word fits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is best described as an expanse?

a) a drawer full of socks
b) a single grain of sand
c) the open sky above a desert
d) a small cupboard shelf

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c) the open sky above a desert

2. Standing on the beach in Cape Town, Tara gazed at the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. What did she see?

a) a narrow stream
b) a busy fish stall
c) a huge spread of water
d) a tiny rock pool

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c) a huge spread of water

Associated Words

Words that end in -nse: immense, nonsense, suspense

More words from this list

hygienist, monetary, pressure, studious, washboard, anthropologist, chiropodist, definitely

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