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Spell Bee Word: Grasp


Basic Details

Word: Grasp

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To hold something firmly in your hand. It also means to understand an idea properly.

Synonyms: grip, hold, clutch, grab

Antonyms: release

How to Spell Grasp

Syllables: grasp

Tricky part: The word ends in s and then p. Saying it quickly, many children swap them round and write graps.

Watch out for: graps, grassp, grasph

Memory tip: An asp is a small snake. Imagine you have to grab the asp: gr + asp makes grasp.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. within your grasp: close enough to reach or win Example: "After two quick goals, the trophy was within our grasp."

Usage Examples

Example 1: Grasp the rope with both hands before you climb.

Example 2: It took me a while to grasp how long division works.

Example 3: The baby tried to grasp the shiny spoon.

Fun Fact

A newborn baby will close its fingers tightly around anything placed in its palm. Doctors call this the grasp reflex.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

grasp

a) grip
b) release
c) throw
d) drop

Show answer

a) grip. To grasp and to grip both mean holding on tight.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) graps
b) squeeze
c) scatter
d) stretch

Show answer

a) graps. Grasp ends in s-p; graps has the two letters the wrong way round.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Riya tried to grassp the swinging rope with both hands.

a) grassp
b) swinging
c) rope
d) hands

Show answer

a) grassp. Grasp has only one s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you grasp a new idea, you ____ it.

a) forget
b) lose
c) understand
d) hide

Show answer

c) understand

2. Pick the action that is grasping.

a) a girl holding a bat tightly
b) a bird flying away
c) a dog sleeping
d) a boy waving goodbye

Show answer

a) a girl holding a bat tightly

Associated Words

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Next steps

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