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Spell Bee Word: Ninth


What does ninth mean?

Word: Ninth

Part of Speech: Ordinal number

Meaning: Ninth means coming next after the eighth in a series. It can also mean one of nine equal parts.

How do you spell ninth?

Syllables: ninth

Tricky part: Nine loses its e here. Students who are used to nineteen and ninety keep the e and write nineth.

Watch out for: nineth, ninthe

Memory tip: When nine comes to the door of this word, it must leave its e outside.

Ninth in a sentence

Example 1: Our house is the ninth on the left after the post office.

Example 2: My sister is in the ninth standard at the same school.

Example 3: Rahul finished ninth in the race and was pleased with his time.

Fun Fact

The tune of the last part of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, finished in 1824, is now the anthem of the European Union.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tnhin

a) thin
b) tenth
c) night
d) ninth

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d) ninth. Only one option has two n's.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

n_nt_

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

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c) i, h. Nice gives the long i sound, and tenth shows the th close.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

ninnth

a) n
b) h
c) t
d) i

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a) n. Two n's are enough, and they stand on either side of the i.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ninth
b) twenteth
c) fourtieth
d) thirtyth

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a) ninth. Spelt properly these are fortieth, twentieth and thirtieth, all with ie before the th.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If the eighth of the month is a Tuesday, what day is the ninth?

a) Sunday
b) Monday
c) Wednesday
d) Thursday

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c) Wednesday

2. How many runners crossed the line ahead of the girl who came ninth?

a) eight
b) nine
c) ten
d) seven

Show answer

a) eight

Associated Words

More Class 5 Summer Spell Bee words starting with n: nutritionist, numerous, negligent, necessity, neutron, navigate

More words from this list

regard, textile, annoyance, broccoli, contaminate, discovery, forceful, injury

Next steps

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