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Spell Bee Word: listened


Basic Details

Word: Listened

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Past tense of listen: paid attention to sounds or to what someone was saying.

Synonyms: heard, heeded, attended

Antonyms: ignored

How to Spell Listened

Syllables: lis - tened

Tricky part: The t is silent, so it often goes missing (lisened). The n is not doubled before ed.

Watch out for: lisened, listend, listenned

Memory tip: The stress falls on LIS, so the n of listen stays single, just as in opened and happened.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We listened to the rain on the tin roof all night.

Example 2: Grandfather listened patiently while I explained why I was late.

Example 3: I listened to the cricket commentary on the radio during the power cut.

Fun Fact

Listen and silent are spelt with exactly the same six letters, so you cannot listen properly without being silent.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The whole hall tsdeinle in silence as the old freedom fighter told his story.

a) silenced
b) listened
c) glistened
d) enlisted

Show answer

b) listened. Enlisted uses the same letters but means joined the army, which makes no sense here; the hall listened.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The students lisened carefully as the forest guard explained how to tell a leopard's pugmark from a dog's.

a) carefully
b) explained
c) students
d) lisened

Show answer

d) lisened. Listen keeps its silent t in every form: lis-t-ened.

Word Connection

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

She listened to her coach and changed the grip on her badminton racket.

a) disobeyed
b) ignored
c) heeded
d) argued

Show answer

c) heeded. To listen to advice and follow it is to heed it; ignored and disobeyed say the opposite.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Listened is to ears as watched is to ____.

a) eyes
b) feet
c) nose
d) hands

Show answer

a) eyes

2. How is the ing form of listen spelt?

a) listenning
b) listning
c) listening
d) lisening

Show answer

c) listening

Associated Words

cacklingintentionmaidservantintimatelytelevision
habitdestitutenecessityacceptedpreceding

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