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Spell Bee Word: fascinate


Basic Details

Word: Fascinate

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To interest someone so much that they want to keep looking, listening or learning about it.

Synonyms: charm, enchant, interest, intrigue

Antonyms: bore

How to Spell Fascinate

Syllables: fas - ci - nate

Tricky part: The s sound is spelt sc, and the c is silent. Students often write fasinate or facinate.

Watch out for: fasinate, facinate, fassinate

Memory tip: Fascinate has the same sc as science and scissors: science experiments fascinate you.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Old maps fascinate my grandfather.

Example 2: The magician's card tricks fascinated the whole class.

Example 3: Stars and planets have always fascinated Kabir.

Fun Fact

In older English, fascinate could also mean to hold a small animal still with a stare, something snakes were once said to do to their prey.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: fascinate

a) enchant
b) bore
c) charm
d) delight

Show answer

b) bore. If a film bores you, you lose interest, which is the opposite of being fascinated.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

fa_ci_ate

a) s, n
b) t, n
c) c, n
d) s, m

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a) s, n. Fascinate needs an s before the c and an n before ate.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cafeastin

a) fashionable
b) fascinate
c) fascination
d) vaccinate

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b) fascinate. Vaccinate looks similar but needs a v and two c's; these letters have an f, an s and one c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If dinosaurs fascinate you, you probably ____.

a) are scared of the word
b) find them boring
c) never think about them
d) love reading about them

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d) love reading about them

2. Which of these is most likely to fascinate a curious child?

a) an empty box
b) a blank wall
c) a working model of a volcano
d) a closed door

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c) a working model of a volcano

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