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Spell Bee Word: length


Basic Details

Word: Length

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: How long something is from one end to the other. It can also mean how long something lasts.

Synonyms: extent, span, distance

How to Spell Length

Syllables: length

Tricky part: Long becomes length: the o changes to e, and the g stays before the th. Students often drop the g (lenth) or swap the letters (lenght).

Watch out for: lenth, lenght, legnth, lengh

Memory tip: Strength and length both hide ng before th: stre-NG-TH, le-NG-TH.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. go to great lengths: to try very hard or do a lot to get something done Example: "Ravi went to great lengths to find a gift Nani would love."

Usage Examples

Example 1: The length of our classroom is about nine metres.

Example 2: Didi cut her hair to shoulder length for the dance show.

Example 3: We were surprised by the length of the queue outside the new ice cream shop.

Fun Fact

The metre, the standard unit of length, is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Measure the lenght of the table before you buy a new tablecloth.

a) table
b) Measure
c) tablecloth
d) lenght

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d) lenght. The g comes straight after the n, and th comes last.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) hieght
b) weigth
c) widht
d) length

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d) length. Width, weight and height have their letters in the wrong order here, so length is the only correct one.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

length

a) speed
b) span
c) depth
d) weight

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b) span. The span of a bridge is its length from one end to the other.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To find the length of a pencil, you would use ____.

a) a weighing scale
b) a clock
c) a thermometer
d) a ruler

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d) a ruler

2. The film's length was three hours. This tells us ____.

a) how long it lasted
b) how bright it was
c) how much it cost
d) how loud it was

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a) how long it lasted

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