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Spell Bee Word: Grandmother


What does grandmother mean?

Word: Grandmother

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Grandmother means the mother of your mother or of your father.

Synonyms: grandma, granny

How do you spell grandmother?

Syllables: grand - moth - er

Tricky part: The vowel after the m sounds like the u in sun, but it is spelt o.

Watch out for: grandmuther, grandmather

Memory tip: A moth flutters in the middle of grandmother, and that moth gives you the o.

Grandmother in a sentence

Example 1: My grandmother makes the best aloo parathas.

Example 2: Every summer we visit my grandmother in her village.

Example 3: Grandmother read me a story about a clever crow.

Fun Fact

English made the word grandmother in the 1400s, following the French word grand-mere.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the masculine form of the word:

grandmother

a) grandson
b) uncle
c) grandfather
d) father

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c) grandfather. A grandmother and a grandfather are the female and male pair.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) granmother
b) grandson
c) daughter
d) brother

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a) granmother. This word starts with all five letters of grand.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My grandmothar tells me a story every night.

a) tells
b) night
c) grandmothar
d) story

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c) grandmothar. The ending sounds like the end of sister and is spelt the same way.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rotgdhmearn

a) grandmother
b) grandmtoher
c) grandmohter
d) grnadmother

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a) grandmother. The moth from the memory tip sits in the middle of the right choice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Your grandmother's daughter could be your ____.

a) sister
b) aunt
c) niece
d) cousin

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b) aunt

2. Many children in India call their mother's mother ____.

a) Bua
b) Dadi
c) Chachi
d) Nani

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d) Nani

Associated Words

Words that end in -ther: whether, neither, altogether

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