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Spell Bee Word: fare


Basic Details

Word: Fare

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The money you pay to travel on a bus, train, taxi, plane or boat.

Synonyms: charge, fee, ticket price

Sounds like: fair (just and equal; light in colour; or an event with stalls and rides)

How to Spell Fare

Syllables: fare

Tricky part: Fare sounds exactly like fair, so the danger is writing the wrong word. The money for a ride is spelt are, with a silent e.

Watch out for: faer, farre

Memory tip: You pay the fare to go far: far + e.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The auto fare from the station to our house is sixty rupees.

Example 2: Children under five travel without paying any fare on this bus.

Example 3: Papa checked the air fare to Chennai before booking.

Fun Fact

The goodbye word farewell comes from the old meaning of fare, to travel or get along: it first meant travel well.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: fare

a) route
b) seat
c) station
d) charge

Show answer

d) charge. A fare is the charge you pay for a ride.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Every passenger paid the ferry farre before the boat left the jetty for Elephanta.

a) farre
b) passenger
c) jetty
d) boat

Show answer

a) farre. Fare has a single r: it is far with an e on the end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) nightmere
b) wellfare
c) millionare
d) fare

Show answer

d) fare. Fare is written correctly; the other three should read welfare, millionaire and nightmare.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which person would ask you for a fare?

a) a gardener
b) a school librarian
c) a taxi driver
d) a doctor

Show answer

c) a taxi driver

2. Choose the sentence that uses fare correctly.

a) The fare had a giant wheel.
b) That is not fare, it is my turn.
c) She has fare hair.
d) We paid the train fare at the counter.

Show answer

d) We paid the train fare at the counter.

Associated Words

remarkablepaternityamendstudiousimmense
courageousgenerationrailfreaksatire

Next steps

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