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Spell Bee Word: knew


Basic Details

Word: Knew

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: The past tense of know: had information in your mind, or was sure about something.

Sounds like: new (not old; just made or bought); gnu (a large African antelope, also called a wildebeest)

How to Spell Knew

Syllables: knew

Tricky part: It keeps the silent k of know and ends in ew. It sounds exactly like new, so the meaning tells you which to write.

Watch out for: knowed, knue, knewe

Memory tip: Know follows the same pattern as grow-grew, throw-threw and blow-blew: change ow to ew and keep the silent k.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Nobody knew that the shy new boy could sing so well.

Example 2: Dadaji knew every shortcut through the old city.

Example 3: I knew it would rain when the peacocks started calling.

Fun Fact

More than a million wildebeest, also called gnus, which sound just like knew, travel across the Serengeti and Masai Mara every year in search of fresh grass.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meera knue the way to the old fort, so she led the whole group.

a) fort
b) knue
c) way
d) group

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b) knue. It is the past of know, so it keeps the kn and ends in ew.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) knowlege
b) knapsak
c) knew
d) knucle

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c) knew. Knowledge has a d before the ge, while knuckle and knapsack both need ck; knew has nothing missing.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wekn

a) knit
b) knew
c) knee
d) wink

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b) knew. Think of know: swap its ow for ew and these four letters give its past tense.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Knew is the past tense of ____.

a) know
b) knit
c) new
d) knee

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a) know

2. Which word sounds exactly like knew?

a) now
b) nose
c) knee
d) gnu

Show answer

d) gnu

Associated Words

hulllegislativeschedulesuccessfulresemble
hazynormallybadgeferociousliteracy

Next steps

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