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Spell Bee Word: Famous

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What does famous mean?

Word: Famous

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Famous means known by a very large number of people.

Synonyms: well-known

How do you spell famous?

Syllables: fa - mous

Tricky part: The end sounds like mus, but it is spelt o-u-s.

Watch out for: famus, famos, famouse

Memory tip: Picture a famous singer on stage calling out "Oh, you, sing!" Oh, you and sing give the o, u and s at the end.

Famous in a sentence

Example 1: Shakespeare was a famous writer.

Example 2: Paris is famous for the Eiffel Tower.

Example 3: My aunt's mango pickle is famous on our street.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Famous comes from the Latin word fama, which meant talk or what people say about someone.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) careful
b) fameous
c) balloon
d) station

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b) fameous. Fame loses its e when ous is added, so no e comes after the m.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

famous

a) great
b) unknown
c) proud
d) popular

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b) unknown. A famous person is known by many people, an unknown person by very few.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

uomfsa

a) mafous
b) afmous
c) fmaous
d) famous

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d) famous. Famous begins with the same three letters as fame.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Jaipur is famous for its pink bildings.

a) bildings
b) Jaipur
c) famous
d) pink

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a) bildings. Building has a u straight after the b: b-u-i-l-d-i-n-g.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these people is famous?

a) a cricket star on TV
b) a new boy in class
c) a man at the bus stop
d) the lady next door

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a) a cricket star on TV

2. Which sentence shows that a bakery is famous?

a) It sells bread, buns and little cakes.
b) It opens at nine o'clock every morning.
c) People come from far away to buy its cakes.
d) It has a big blue door at the front.

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c) People come from far away to buy its cakes.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ous: curious, serious, various, joyous, precious, mysterious

More words from this list

hare, like, pass, science, stream, window, college, excitement

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