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Spell Bee Word: Frequent


What does frequent mean?

Word: Frequent

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Frequent means happening often, again and again.

Synonyms: regular, common, repeated

Antonyms: occasional

How do you spell frequent?

Syllables: fre - quent

Tricky part: Said quickly, frequent can lose letters in the middle. Say fre-quent with a clear kw sound and write every sound you hear.

Watch out for: frekwent, frecuent

Memory tip: Q never travels without u: in frequent, as in queen and quick, the q has its u right behind it.

Frequent in a sentence

Example 1: Frequent rain in July keeps the paddy fields full.

Example 2: Yuki is a frequent visitor at the school library.

Example 3: Frequent hand-washing keeps germs away.

Fun Fact

The most frequent letter in written English is e; a typical page of English uses it far more often than any other letter.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

frequent

a) rare
b) daily
c) normal
d) constant

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a) rare. Constant and daily things happen often; something rare hardly ever happens.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

fr_qu_nt

a) e, e
b) i, e
c) a, e
d) e, a

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a) e, e. Both gaps take an e: fre at the start, ent at the end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) usually
b) occasionally
c) regularly
d) frequente

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d) frequente. Frequent stops at the t; there is no e after it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tuqenfre

a) request
b) quench
c) require
d) frequent

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d) frequent. Request needs an s, require an i and quench a c and an h; frequent uses every letter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens frequently for most children?

a) brushing their teeth
b) a solar eclipse
c) moving to a new city
d) a leap-year birthday

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a) brushing their teeth

2. 'The buses here are frequent.' This means ____.

a) they are old and noisy
b) they are always very crowded
c) they often run very late
d) one comes every few minutes

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d) one comes every few minutes

Associated Words

Words that end in -uent: fluent, affluent, subsequent

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: common

More words from this list

invention, necessary, quantity, somehow, unfortunate, animation, clownfish, disclose

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