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Spell Bee Word: Favourite


What does favourite mean?

Word: Favourite

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Favourite means the one you like the most, more than all the others.

How do you spell favourite?

Syllables: fa - vour - ite

Tricky part: The middle is spelt our, as in colour, even though you hardly hear the u. Children often write faverite.

Watch out for: favrite, faverite, favoreit

Memory tip: Colour and favourite share our in the middle: blue is our favourite colour.

Favourite in a sentence

Example 1: Mango is my favourite fruit.

Example 2: Blue is Meera's favourite colour.

Example 3: Our favourite game at break time is kho-kho.

Fun Fact

Favourite came into English through French from the Italian word favorito, meaning favoured.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) birthday
b) favourit
c) chocolate
d) umbrella

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b) favourit. Favourite ends with a silent e after the t.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Ladoo is Dadu's favouritte sweet.

a) Ladoo
b) favouritte
c) Dadu's
d) sweet

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b) favouritte. Favourite has only one t near the end.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tiraevouf

a) favuorite
b) favoutire
c) faovurite
d) favourite

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d) favourite. Only one choice spells the word for the one you like most.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

fa_ourite

a) b
b) v
c) w
d) f

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b) v. The letter after fa in favourite is v, as in van.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Your favourite food is the food you ____.

a) eat least
b) like best
c) cannot cook
d) never try

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b) like best

2. Which sentence uses favourite correctly?

a) My colour is favourite green.
b) Green is my favourite colour.
c) Green is more favourite than red.
d) I favourite the green colour.

Show answer

b) Green is my favourite colour.

Associated Words

pastacavetastyflightapple
marryolivefooduniformnovember

More words from this list

hardly, milk, power, singer, tomorrow, allow, brass, cooker

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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