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Spell Bee Word: Household


What does household mean?

Word: Household

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Household means all the people who live together in one home. As an adjective it means things used in a home, like household chores.

Synonyms: home

How do you spell household?

Syllables: house - hold

Tricky part: House keeps its silent e when the second half joins on, so housold is wrong.

Watch out for: housold, howshold

Memory tip: House keeps its quiet e when the second half joins on, just as it does in houseboat.

Household in a sentence

Example 1: Everyone in our household helps with the cooking on Sundays.

Example 2: Brooms, buckets and soap are household things.

Example 3: Grandpa is the earliest riser in the household.

Fun Fact

A census counts people household by household. It often treats a household as people who usually live together and eat from the same kitchen.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

householld

a) d
b) h
c) o
d) l

Show answer

d) l. Hold, as in hold my hand, has one l, and so does household.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

household

a) family
b) neighbour
c) visitor
d) stranger

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a) family. A household is the family or group living in one home.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) househoald
b) household
c) householde
d) househould

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b) household. Hold keeps its plain o and needs no e: house + hold = household.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Every household on our street was given a cloth bag for shoping.

a) shoping
b) household
c) cloth
d) street

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a) shoping. Shopping doubles the p of shop; household is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which task is a household chore?

a) watching a match
b) washing the dishes
c) writing an exam
d) buying a train ticket

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b) washing the dishes

2. Which word has the same first part as household?

a) horse
b) hose
c) hostel
d) housework

Show answer

d) housework

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ho: homesick, honesty, honour, horizon, hockey

More words from this list

mailbox, plateau, shepherd, trumpet, appearance, cardboard, daffodil, faithful

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