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Spell Bee Word: Fifteen


What does fifteen mean?

Word: Fifteen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fifteen means the number 15. It is five more than ten.

How do you spell fifteen?

Syllables: fif - teen

Tricky part: Five changes to fif here, so there is no v in fifteen.

Watch out for: fiveteen, fivteen

Memory tip: Five turns into fif in fifteen, exactly as it does in fifty and fifth.

Fifteen in a sentence

Example 1: There are fifteen children in our dance class.

Example 2: Dadi gave me fifteen rupees for the fair.

Example 3: The bus comes in fifteen minutes.

Fun Fact

Fifteen minutes make a quarter of an hour, which is why a clock's minute hand points to the 3 at quarter past.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) fiftene
b) fiftean
c) fifteen
d) fiftin

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c) fifteen. The ending of fifteen has two e's side by side.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

five, ten, ____, twenty

a) fifteen
b) nineteen
c) twelve
d) eleven

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a) fifteen. Each number is five more than the one before it.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

fiftteen

a) i
b) t
c) f
d) n

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b) t. Fifteen has only one t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

teefnif

a) fiefetn
b) fiftene
c) fifteen
d) fitfeen

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c) fifteen. These seven letters spell the number that comes after fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which pair adds up to fifteen?

a) 9 + 7
b) 8 + 7
c) 7 + 6
d) 8 + 6

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b) 8 + 7

2. Which number word comes just before fifteen when you count?

a) fourteen
b) thirteen
c) sixteen
d) fifty

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a) fourteen

Associated Words

Words that end in -teen: eighteen, seventeen, canteen

More words from this list

hike, morning, purple, sky, tree, ankle, brook, crate

Next steps

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