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Spell Bee Word: Grandparent

Grandparent (noun): a parent of your mother or of your father.

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What does grandparent mean?

Word: Grandparent

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Grandparent means a parent of your mother or of your father.

How do you spell grandparent?

Syllables: grand - par - ent

Tricky part: The end is ent, as in parent, not ant.

Watch out for: grandparrent, granparant, grandpairent

Memory tip: Your parent's parent is your grandparent.

Grandparent in a sentence

Example 1: Each grandparent sent me a birthday card.

Example 2: We visit my grandparents every summer.

Example 3: A grandparent often knows the best old stories.

Fun Fact

Swedish has different words for a mother's parents and a father's parents: a mother's mother is mormor, and a father's mother is farmor.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) grondparent
b) grundparent
c) grendparent
d) grandparent

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d) grandparent. The first vowel in this word is a, as in hand.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My granparent lives in a small village.

a) small
b) lives
c) village
d) granparent

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d) granparent. The d of grand has gone missing.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pdnatrnegar

a) grnadparent
b) grandpraent
c) grandaprent
d) grandparent

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d) grandparent. Find parent among the letters first; what is left builds the front of the word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many grandparents does a child usually have?

a) eight
b) two
c) six
d) four

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d) four

2. Which word names a grandparent who is a man?

a) grandmother
b) grandfather
c) grandson
d) granddaughter

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b) grandfather

Associated Words

Words that end in -rent: current, different, rent

More words from this list

jumpsuit, notice, regular, spider, upstairs, arrive, cereal, drive

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