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Spell Bee Word: Happen


What does happen mean?

Word: Happen

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Happen means to take place, often without anyone planning it.

Synonyms: occur

How do you spell happen?

Syllables: hap - pen

Tricky part: Happen ends in en, like pen and ten, not an or on.

Watch out for: happun, happan

Memory tip: When things happen, you write them down with a pen, and happen ends with pen.

Happen in a sentence

Example 1: What will happen if I mix red and yellow?

Example 2: Good things can happen when you keep trying.

Example 3: Tell me what happened at school today.

Fun Fact

Happen comes from hap, an old word for luck. The same hap is found in happy and perhaps.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) heppen
b) happen
c) hippen
d) huppen

Show answer

b) happen. The first vowel in happen is a, as in hat.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pnahep

a) happen
b) ahppen
c) hpapen
d) pahpen

Show answer

a) happen. Only one order makes the word that means take place.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Nobody knew what would hapen next in the story.

a) hapen
b) Nobody
c) story
d) knew

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a) hapen. Happen needs a double p in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence uses happen correctly?

a) She happened a song for us.
b) Did anything happen at the fair?
c) Please happen the door for me.
d) I will happen my homework now.

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b) Did anything happen at the fair?

2. What might happen if you leave ice in the sun?

a) it gets heavier
b) it freezes harder
c) it melts
d) it turns to sand

Show answer

c) it melts

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: occur

More words from this list

middle, potter, sing, tomato, alligator, brand, cook, farm

Next steps

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