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Spell Bee Word: Impressed


What does impressed mean?

Word: Impressed

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Impressed means feeling admiration for someone or something you think is excellent.

How do you spell impressed?

Syllables: im - pressed

Tricky part: There is a double s in the middle, and pupils who write by sound often leave one out.

Watch out for: impresed, impressd

Memory tip: Be impressed by two s's, not one.

Impressed in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma was impressed by how well I could roll out pastry.

Example 2: The visitors were impressed with our school garden.

Example 3: I am impressed that you finished the puzzle so quickly.

Fun Fact

Long ago, to impress meant to stamp a mark into something soft, such as wax, and the sense of leaving a mark on someone's mind grew from that.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

_mpr_ssed

a) e, i
b) i, e
c) i, a
d) e, e

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b) i, e. The first sound is a short i, and the middle sounds like the word dress.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

immpressed

a) m
b) s
c) r
d) p

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a) m. A single m comes before the p, so the doubled letter has to go.

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

____impressed

a) dis
b) in
c) mis
d) un

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d) un. Un makes a word for someone who did not think much of what they saw.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) impressed
b) amazed
c) delited
d) excited

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c) delited. Delighted keeps the silent gh of light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The judges were impressed by Kavya's dance. What did they think of it?

a) it was rather dull
b) it was too long
c) it was hard to see
d) they liked it a lot

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d) they liked it a lot

2. Which of these would most likely leave a teacher impressed?

a) a page full of scribbles
b) a book left at home
c) a neat, carefully checked project
d) homework handed in a week late

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c) a neat, carefully checked project

Associated Words

Words that start with impr: impressive, improvement, improve

More words from this list

merge, predictable, seepage, total, actress, calibrate, delivery, executive

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