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Spell Bee Word: Manage


What does manage mean?

Word: Manage

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Manage means to get something difficult done in the end. It also means to be in charge of a shop, a team or a business.

Synonyms: run

How do you spell manage?

Syllables: man - age

Tricky part: The ending sounds like ij, but it is spelt age. Manige and manadge are the usual slips.

Watch out for: manige, manadge

Memory tip: The end of manage is spelt like the age in page and cage, even though it sounds different.

Manage in a sentence

Example 1: Somehow we managed to finish the jigsaw before dinner.

Example 2: My aunt manages a busy bakery in Chennai.

Example 3: Can you manage the heavy bag, or shall I help?

Fun Fact

The word comes from an Italian word for handling horses, built on the Latin word for hand.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

mannage

a) n
b) g
c) m
d) a

Show answer

a) n. The middle of this word has only one letter between the two a's.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

manage____

a) mint
b) munt
c) mant
d) ment

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d) ment. Management keeps every letter of manage and adds the ending of enjoyment.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

manage

a) cope
b) succeed
c) handle
d) fail

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d) fail. If you manage a hard task, you do not fail at it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) manage
b) arange
c) busness
d) controll

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a) manage. Arrange has a double r, business has an i after the s, and control ends with one l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'The box was heavy, but Kavya managed to lift it.' What happened?

a) She was able to lift it
b) She did not try to lift it
c) Someone else lifted it
d) She could not lift it at all

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a) She was able to lift it

2. Mrs Iyer manages a bookshop. Which of these is most likely one of her jobs?

a) writing every book on sale
b) printing the daily newspaper
c) deciding which books to order
d) teaching at the school nearby

Show answer

c) deciding which books to order

Associated Words

Words that end in -age: baggage, voyage, storage, seepage, passage, image

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: run

More words from this list

placement, ridge, swallow, wit, behave, curriculum, engineer, hallowed

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