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Spell Bee Word: Modern


What does modern mean?

Word: Modern

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Modern means belonging to the present time or recent times; new and up to date, not old-fashioned.

Synonyms: new, latest, up-to-date

Antonyms: old-fashioned

How do you spell modern?

Syllables: mod - ern

Tricky part: The ending is said with a soft, quick sound, so the vowel is easy to get wrong: urn and an are common slips.

Watch out for: modurn, modan, modarn

Memory tip: Modern sounds a little like 'mod-urn', but there is no urn in it: an urn is an old pot, and modern things are new.

Modern in a sentence

Example 1: Our school has a modern science lab.

Example 2: Tokyo's metro trains are modern and fast.

Example 3: Modern phones can take very sharp photos.

Fun Fact

The root of modern is the Latin modo, 'just now'. So a modern thing is, quite literally, a just-now thing.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

modern

a) ancient
b) fresh
c) smart
d) recent

Show answer

a) ancient. Modern things are new; ancient things are very old.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) invension
b) modern
c) fashon
d) rokit

Show answer

b) modern. Invention ends in tion, like many words built on a verb: invent, invention.

Word Cookie

Fill in the two missing letters to complete the word:

mo_er_

a) d, n
b) d, m
c) b, n
d) t, n

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a) d, n. The middle consonant is d and the last letter is n.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The modern train zoomed past the old stashun.

a) modern
b) stashun
c) train
d) zoomed

Show answer

b) stashun. Station ends in tion; modern is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The most modern thing here is ____.

a) a smartphone
b) a clay lamp
c) a horse and cart
d) a quill pen

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a) a smartphone

2. If Grandma calls your new clothes 'very modern', she means they are ____.

a) too big for you
b) old and faded
c) made by hand
d) in the latest style

Show answer

d) in the latest style

Associated Words

Words that end in -ern: concern, lantern, pattern, stern, southern

More words from this list

precious, smart, vase, author, chandelier, destiny, fireworks, identify

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