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Spell Bee Word: Greeting


What does greeting mean?

Word: Greeting

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Greeting means words or actions used to say hello or welcome someone, such as hi or a handshake.

Synonyms: welcome, hello

How do you spell greeting?

Syllables: greet - ing

Tricky part: Greet keeps both of its e's. Do not swap them for ea.

Watch out for: greting, greiting, greetin

Memory tip: When you greet someone, you give a greeting. Picture the two e's as two smiling faces saying hello.

Greeting in a sentence

Example 1: Hello is the most common greeting in English.

Example 2: I made a greeting card for my aunt.

Example 3: The guests got a warm greeting at the door.

Fun Fact

In Japan, people often bow as a greeting instead of shaking hands.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

greeting

a) smile
b) hug
c) farewell
d) salute

Show answer

c) farewell. A greeting is said when you meet, and a farewell when you part.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tgeriegn

a) geerting
b) greeting
c) greetign
d) rgeeting

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b) greeting. The word ends in ing; put the five letters in front of it in order.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our class sang a greetting song for the new teacher.

a) class
b) teacher
c) sang
d) greetting

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d) greetting. Greet has one t, and adding ing does not double it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) guest
b) visiter
c) greeting
d) party

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b) visiter. Visitor ends in or, like doctor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You meet your teacher at the gate. What do you say as a greeting?

a) Good night
b) See you later
c) Good morning
d) Thank you

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c) Good morning

2. How can you greet someone without saying a word?

a) by closing your eyes
b) by tapping your foot
c) by waving your hand
d) by turning your back

Show answer

c) by waving your hand

Associated Words

Words that end in -ting: interesting, exciting, disgusting, fascinating, weightlifting

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: welcome

More words from this list

lamb, omelette, robin, stamp, waffle, bakery, chirp, grandson

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