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Spell Bee Word: Important


What does important mean?

Word: Important

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Important means mattering a lot; something that needs care or attention.

Synonyms: significant, main, serious

Antonyms: unimportant

How do you spell important?

Syllables: im - por - tant

Tricky part: The ending sounds like unt but is spelt ant. Importent is the slip to watch for.

Watch out for: importent, importint, importunt

Memory tip: Pair it with importance: both words keep an a in the last part, ant and ance.

Important in a sentence

Example 1: It is important to wash your hands before eating.

Example 2: Tomorrow is an important day: our school sports meet.

Example 3: Water is important for every living thing.

Fun Fact

Important comes from a Latin word meaning to bring in. Something important brings in weight or meaning.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) inportant
b) separate
c) different
d) favourite

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a) inportant. Before a p you write m, not n: im-portant.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: important

a) minor
b) special
c) major
d) urgent

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a) minor. Something minor does not matter much, which is the opposite of important.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tanoprimt

a) imoprtant
b) impotrant
c) important
d) improtant

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c) important. Begin with im, build port next and finish with ant.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

im_or_ant

a) p, d
b) p, t
c) b, d
d) b, t

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b) p, t. Say it carefully: a p after the m, and a t before the ant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An important person is someone who ____.

a) lives in a very big house
b) has a big say in what happens
c) is always early for school
d) is older than everyone else

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b) has a big say in what happens

2. Mother says, 'It is important to be on time.' Which word could take the place of important?

a) possible
b) difficult
c) necessary
d) pleasant

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c) necessary

Associated Words

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courgettecommitjewelryconfesscare

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