Spell Bee Word: Invite

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What does invite mean?

Word: Invite

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Invite means to say you would like someone to come to your home, party or event.

How do you spell invite?

Syllables: in - vite

Tricky part: The word ends with a silent e. Invit is a common mistake.

Watch out for: invit, invight, invyte

Memory tip: Every invite comes in an envelope, so finish invite with an e, for envelope.

Invite in a sentence

Example 1: I will invite my whole class to my birthday party.

Example 2: Did they invite you to the wedding?

Example 3: Let us invite Grandma and Grandpa for dinner on Sunday.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Invite is a verb, but people often use it as a noun too, as in "Thanks for the invite!"

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) envite
b) festival
c) welcome
d) visitor

Show answer

a) envite. Invite begins with an i, not an e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

invitte

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

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b) t. A single t sits between the i and the silent e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tevini

a) invtie
b) ivnite
c) inivte
d) invite

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d) invite. The t comes just before the last letter, a silent e.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

invite

a) leave
b) ask
c) forget
d) refuse

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b) ask. When you invite a friend, you ask them to come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A friend invites you to a party. What should you do next?

a) ignore the message
b) send back the card
c) ask them to go away
d) say whether you can come

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d) say whether you can come

2. A person who is invited to a wedding is called a ____.

a) host
b) driver
c) cook
d) guest

Show answer

d) guest

Associated Words

Words that end in -ite: quite, unite, opposite, white, favourite, suite

More words from this list

motorcycle, queue, soil, trousers, ambulance, careful, discover, giddy

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