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Spell Bee Word: Narrative


What does narrative mean?

Word: Narrative

Part of Speech: Noun, adjective

Meaning: Narrative means a spoken or written account of things that happen, one after another. As an adjective it describes writing that tells a tale.

Synonyms: account, tale

How do you spell narrative?

Syllables: nar - ra - tive

Tricky part: There is a double r in the middle. Children often write it with just one r.

Watch out for: narative, narratif

Memory tip: Imagine two r's racing round the middle of narrative, one close behind the other.

Narrative in a sentence

Example 1: Our English homework is to write a narrative about a rainy day.

Example 2: The film's narrative jumps between the past and the present.

Example 3: Grandma's narrative of her old village kept us awake past bedtime.

Fun Fact

Narrative, narrate and narrator all come from the Latin word narrare, which means to tell.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

n_rr_tive

a) a, i
b) e, a
c) a, e
d) a, a

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d) a, a. The same vowel fills both gaps; say nar and ra and you will hear it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tarvinear

a) narrtaive
b) narrateve
c) narrative
d) narraitve

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c) narrative. Look for a word that ends in tive and uses every letter just once.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

narrative

a) story
b) song
c) puzzle
d) picture

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a) story. A narrative tells what happened, just as a story does.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) chapter
b) caracter
c) author
d) narrative

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b) caracter. Character starts with ch, even though it sounds like a k.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a narrative?

a) a bus timetable
b) a list of prices
c) a shopping list
d) a tale about a lost puppy

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d) a tale about a lost puppy

2. What does a good narrative usually have?

a) a beginning, a middle and an end
b) a list of phone numbers
c) rows of sums
d) a table of prices

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a) a beginning, a middle and an end

Associated Words

instructorattendingmanyformidableglorious
determinedkittygarrulousirregularmonitor

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