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Spell Bee Word: Granddaughter


What does granddaughter mean?

Word: Granddaughter

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Granddaughter means the daughter of your son or daughter.

How do you spell granddaughter?

Syllables: grand - daugh - ter

Tricky part: Two d's meet in the middle, though the ear catches only one, so one of them often goes missing.

Watch out for: grandaughter, grandaugter

Memory tip: Two hands held tight: picture two d's standing side by side in the middle of the word, holding on to each other.

Granddaughter in a sentence

Example 1: Dadaji reads a story to his granddaughter every night.

Example 2: Mrs Iyer taught her granddaughter to make dosa.

Example 3: The old man clapped when his granddaughter won the race.

Fun Fact

Hindi has separate words for this relation, such as poti for a son's daughter and nawasi for a daughter's daughter. English manages with one.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

granddaught_r

a) u
b) e
c) a
d) o

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b) e. Family words such as sister and brother end the same way.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

granddaughtter

a) t
b) g
c) r
d) n

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a) t. A single t comes after the h.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) granddoughter
b) granddawter
c) granddaughter
d) granddaghter

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c) granddaughter. The sound in the middle is spelt the same way as in caught and taught.

Word Connection

Select the masculine form of the word:

granddaughter

a) brother
b) grandson
c) grandfather
d) nephew

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b) grandson. A boy in the same place in the family is called by this word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Asha's granddaughter is five years old. Who is Asha to this child?

a) her cousin
b) her sister
c) her grandmother
d) her aunt

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c) her grandmother

2. A granddaughter is always ____ than her grandfather.

a) stronger
b) younger
c) older
d) taller

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b) younger

Associated Words

Words that end in -ghter: daughter, highlighter, laughter, firefighter

More words from this list

jelly, nightdress, reality, spade, uniform, argue, cause, drawer

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