Spell Bee Word: invented

Basic Details

Word: Invented

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Made or thought up something that did not exist before; also made up a story that is not true.

Synonyms: created, devised, designed, made up

How to Spell Invented

Syllables: in - vent - ed

Tricky part: It is invent + ed, with one t. The vowel after v is e, which students sometimes hear as a.

Watch out for: inventted, invanted, inventid

Memory tip: There is a vent in invented: in + vent + ed, three short pieces put together.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The telephone was invented in the 1870s.

Example 2: My brother invented a new game with a bottle cap and a ruler.

Example 3: Nobody believed the excuse he invented for coming late.

Fun Fact

Zero as a number with its own rules was worked out in India; the mathematician Brahmagupta set down rules for adding and subtracting with zero in 628 CE.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the word closest in meaning to invented as used in the sentence:

To escape punishment, Arjun invented a story about a flat tyre on the way to school.

a) repeated
b) discovered
c) forgot
d) made up

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

inventted

a) v
b) n
c) e
d) t

Spell-o-Spell

Three words in the list are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.

1. discovered 2. explored 3. invanted 4. observed

a) travelled through an unknown place to learn about it
b) found something that already existed
c) created something new
d) watched something carefully

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these was invented, not discovered?

a) the bicycle
b) gravity
c) the planet Neptune
d) oxygen

2. Someone who invents things is called an ____.

a) inventor
b) inventory
c) invention
d) investor