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Spell Bee Word: Impact

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What does impact mean?

Word: Impact

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Impact means the force of one thing hitting another, or the strong difference something makes to a person or situation.

Synonyms: influence, collision

How do you spell impact?

Syllables: im - pact

Tricky part: The ending is ct, as in fact and act: the k sound is spelt with a c.

Watch out for: impac, impactt, impeckt

Memory tip: An impact has two hits, a crash and a thud: give the end of the word two letters for them, c then t.

Impact in a sentence

Example 1: The impact of the ball cracked the window pane.

Example 2: Sahil's reading habit had a huge impact, and his vocabulary grew fast.

Example 3: Experts are still studying the impact of the new bridge.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Most of the round craters on the Moon were made by the impact of rocks from space crashing into its surface.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

impact

a) defect
b) effect
c) impart
d) import

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b) effect. An impact on something is the effect it has.

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

pact

a) em
b) im
c) in
d) um

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b) im. Before a p, English uses im rather than in.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The heavy rain had a big impact on the cricket match, which stoped early.

a) stoped
b) heavy
c) match
d) impact

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a) stoped. Stop doubles its p before ed, so stopped has two p's.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) impact
b) balanse
c) distence
d) preshure

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a) impact. Distance, balance and pressure have each had a letter changed, so impact is the one spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence shows an impact?

a) The football lay still in the cupboard.
b) The football was painted black and white.
c) The football hit the goalpost and bounced back.
d) The football was bought at the market.

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c) The football hit the goalpost and bounced back.

2. Reading every day has a big impact ____ your spelling.

a) with
b) at
c) on
d) to

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c) on

Associated Words

Words that end in -act: exact, subtract, distract, attract, enact

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: influence, collision

More words from this list

menace, scroll, tornado, acorn, businessman, delivery, examination, hurry

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