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Spell Bee Word: monotone


Basic Details

Word: Monotone

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A dull, flat way of speaking in which the voice stays on one note and never goes up or down.

Synonyms: drone

How to Spell Monotone

Syllables: mon - o - tone

Tricky part: All three vowel sounds are o, and the word ends in tone with a silent e. Children sometimes write monetone or monotoan.

Watch out for: monetone, monotoan, monotun

Memory tip: One tone and nothing else: mono + tone, where tone is the same word you use for a phone ringtone.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The announcer read the train timings in a monotone.

Example 2: Try not to speak in a monotone when you read your poem aloud.

Example 3: His bored monotone made everyone yawn.

Fun Fact

The noun monotony, meaning boring sameness, comes from the same Greek roots: monos, one, and tonos, tone.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) melody
b) murmur
c) monetone
d) rhythm

Show answer

c) monetone. The middle letter of this one-tone word is o, not e.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The robot in the film spoke in a flat monotoan that never went up or down.

a) flat
b) monotoan
c) robot
d) never

Show answer

b) monotoan. The ending is tone, as in a phone's ringtone.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tenoomon

a) monologue
b) motion
c) monotone
d) monotony

Show answer

c) monotone. Three o's and a final e: monotony would need a y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A person speaking in a monotone sounds ____.

a) excited and loud
b) flat and dull
c) angry and sharp
d) sweet and musical

Show answer

b) flat and dull

2. Which reader is most likely to keep listeners awake?

a) one who mumbles
b) one who reads in a monotone
c) one who changes voice for each character
d) one who reads too fast to follow

Show answer

c) one who changes voice for each character

Associated Words

argumentcherishparliamentherbalabnormality
candidateemotionaletiquettetechnicalpersonification

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