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Spell Bee Word: Expecting


Basic Details

Word: Expecting

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Thinking that something will happen or that someone will come; also waiting for a baby to be born.

Synonyms: awaiting, anticipating, hoping for

How to Spell Expecting

Syllables: ex - pect - ing

Tricky part: The c before the t is hard to hear, so students write expeting. Expect simply takes ing, with nothing doubled.

Watch out for: expeting, expectting, expecing

Memory tip: The ct pair at the end of expect stays together, as it does in act and fact. Write expect in full, then add ing.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We are expecting guests from Chennai this weekend.

Example 2: Nobody was expecting a holiday on Monday.

Example 3: My aunt is expecting a baby in March.

Fun Fact

Some languages use one verb for both waiting and hoping: the Spanish esperar can mean to wait, to hope or to expect.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:

The farmers are pecgnetxi a good harvest after the timely rains.

a) excepting
b) exporting
c) expelling
d) expecting

Show answer

d) expecting. Excepting uses the same nine letters but means leaving something out; farmers hoping for a good harvest are expecting it.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:

e_pe_ting

a) x, k
b) s, c
c) x, c
d) x, t

Show answer

c) x, c. Expecting opens with ex, and expect keeps its ct when ing is added.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word expecting as used in the sentence:

We are expecting a parcel from Grandma any day now.

a) sending
b) awaiting
c) opening
d) refusing

Show answer

b) awaiting. To await a parcel is to wait for it, sure that it will come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you are expecting a phone call, you ____.

a) are waiting for it
b) have missed it
c) are making it
d) have ended it

Show answer

a) are waiting for it

2. Expect is to expectation as inform is to ____.

a) information
b) informant
c) informing
d) informer

Show answer

a) information

Associated Words

weepasteriskbiographyengenderbeggar
forwardingperiloustemptationvivaciousresistance

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