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Spell Bee Word: fundraiser


Basic Details

Word: Fundraiser

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: An event or activity held to collect money for a cause, such as a charity, a school or a hospital; also a person who collects such money.

Synonyms: charity event, benefit

How to Spell Fundraiser

Syllables: fund - rais - er

Tricky part: It is fund + raiser written as one word. Raise keeps its ai, and its e merges into the er ending.

Watch out for: fundriser, fundraser, fundrasier

Memory tip: You raise funds at a fundraiser, so keep the ai of raise in the middle.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Our school held a fundraiser to buy books for the village library.

Example 2: The bake sale fundraiser collected twelve thousand rupees.

Example 3: Uncle Joseph is a fundraiser for an animal shelter.

Fun Fact

Girl Scouts in the United States began selling cookies in 1917, and the cookie sale is now one of the best-known fundraisers in the world.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) taxpayor
b) pickpockit
c) shopkeepar
d) fundraiser

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d) fundraiser. Both halves of fundraiser are spelt in full, which is not true of the other three choices.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

fundr_is_r

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

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d) a, e. Raise gives the a, and the word ends in er.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

drainsurfe

a) fundraiser
b) fundraising
c) furnishes
d) unfairness

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a) fundraiser. Unfairness uses many of the same letters, but it needs two s's and the jumble has only one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main aim of a fundraiser?

a) to win a race
b) to sell old clothes for profit
c) to plant trees for fun
d) to collect money for a cause

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d) to collect money for a cause

2. Which of these could be a school fundraiser?

a) a fire drill
b) a parent-teacher meeting
c) a maths test
d) a charity book fair

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d) a charity book fair

Associated Words

defrostshrewdpovertyentangledimmune
perceptionoccasionextinguisherhospitalitydigital

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