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Spell Bee Word: Fourteen


What does fourteen mean?

Word: Fourteen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fourteen means the number 14. It comes just after thirteen.

How do you spell fourteen?

Syllables: four - teen

Tricky part: Keep every letter of four, including the u. Children often write forteen.

Watch out for: forteen, foreteen

Memory tip: Of four, fourth, fourteen and forty, only forty drops the u: fourteen keeps every letter of four.

Fourteen in a sentence

Example 1: My brother is fourteen years old.

Example 2: There are fourteen mangoes in the basket.

Example 3: Our holiday lasts fourteen days.

Fun Fact

India celebrates Children's Day on 14 November, the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) fourtein
b) fourteen
c) fourtean
d) fourtine

Show answer

b) fourteen. The ending of fourteen is spelt with two e's together.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

eight, ten, twelve, ____

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

Show answer

d) fourteen. The numbers go up by two each time.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

fourtteen

a) t
b) u
c) o
d) n

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a) t. Fourteen has only one t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nteoufer

a) fourteen
b) foruteen
c) fuorteen
d) fourtene

Show answer

a) fourteen. These eight letters spell the number that comes after thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fourteen is ten and ____.

a) three
b) five
c) six
d) four

Show answer

d) four

2. Which number is fourteen?

a) 14
b) 4
c) 41
d) 40

Show answer

a) 14

Associated Words

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

More words from this list

June, opera, right, stick, welcome, band, caw, describe

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