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Spell Bee Word: Hasten


Basic Details

Word: Hasten

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To make something happen sooner or faster, or to hurry to do something.

Synonyms: hurry, speed up, quicken, rush

Antonyms: delay, slow, postpone

How to Spell Hasten

Syllables: has - ten

Tricky part: The t is silent, so students leave it out and write hasen. The e of haste drops before en, so there is no hasteen.

Watch out for: hasen, haisten, hastan

Memory tip: Take haste, swap its last e for en, and keep the quiet t, the same quiet t you see in listen and fasten.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The rain hastened our walk home from the market.

Example 2: She hastened to explain that she had not meant to be rude.

Example 3: Extra workers were brought in to hasten the repair of the bridge.

Fun Fact

Fruit sellers hasten the ripening of green bananas by keeping them in a closed bag with a ripe fruit, which gives off a gas called ethylene.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word hasten as used in the sentence:

The doctor said that a week of rest would hasten her recovery after the fever.

a) measure
b) delay
c) quicken
d) prevent

Show answer

c) quicken. Rest makes the recovery come sooner, so quicken is the match; delay says the opposite.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

hastten

a) n
b) t
c) e
d) s

Show answer

b) t. One silent t is enough in hasten.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:

Strong winds may tsenah the spread of the forest fire.

a) chasten
b) lessen
c) hasten
d) fasten

Show answer

c) hasten. The six letters include an h but no f or c, and lessen would need two s's and an l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you hasten to a meeting, you ____.

a) go there quickly
b) arrive very late
c) go there unwillingly
d) skip it altogether

Show answer

a) go there quickly

2. Which weather would hasten the drying of wet clothes?

a) a sunny, windy day
b) a heavy, cloudy sky
c) a still, foggy morning
d) a cold, damp evening

Show answer

a) a sunny, windy day

Associated Words

scrutiniseconcealedpostponedalarmingoutspoken
rejectionreturnedinspectedunavoidableimpudent

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