Spell Bee Word: Image

What does image mean?

Word: Image

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Image means a copy or likeness of somebody or something, seen in a mirror, on a screen or in the mind.

How do you spell image?

Syllables: im - age

Tricky part: The ending looks like the word age, but it is said ij. Children who write what they hear finish with idge or ege.

Watch out for: imidge, imege

Memory tip: When you spell it, say the end in a funny way, as if you were asking somebody's age, so that the a stays in.

Image in a sentence

Example 1: The lake held a perfect image of the mountains.

Example 2: She saved an image of the Taj Mahal on her tablet.

Example 3: I still carry an image in my mind of our old house in Jaipur.

Fun Fact

A digital image is made of thousands or even millions of tiny coloured squares called pixels. Zoom in far enough on a phone screen and you can see them.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

aigme

a) image
b) manage
c) magic
d) mirage

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a) image. Count first: the jumble has five letters, so mirage and manage are out, and magic has no e.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

image

a) sound
b) puzzle
c) story
d) picture

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d) picture. A picture and this word both name something you see.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The immage on the old television kept jumping up and down.

a) television
b) jumping
c) immage
d) down

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c) immage. Imagine and imagination show the same lone m.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) camera
b) image
c) photagraph
d) mirror

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c) photagraph. Photograph has an o in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You could see your image in ____.

a) a shiny steel plate
b) a ball of wool
c) a sack of flour
d) a lump of clay

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a) a shiny steel plate

2. If people say that Priya is the image of her mother, Priya ____.

a) looks just like her
b) works beside her
c) walks behind her
d) lives near her

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a) looks just like her

Associated Words

Words that end in -age: storage, seepage, passage, baggage, voyage, marriage

More words from this list

melody, prawn, scrape, tolerant, accomplish, budget, delight, exact

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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