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Spell Bee Word: noticed


Basic Details

Word: Noticed

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Saw, heard or became aware of something. It is the past tense of notice.

Synonyms: spotted, observed, saw, detected

Antonyms: overlooked, missed, ignored

How to Spell Noticed

Syllables: no - ticed

Tricky part: Notice keeps its c, so the past tense is noticed with ced, never sed. Only a d is added because notice already ends in e.

Watch out for: notised, noticd, notticed

Memory tip: Notice already ends in e, so just add d. The c stays, the way price becomes priced.

Usage Examples

Example 1: I noticed a crack in the windscreen after the trip.

Example 2: Nobody noticed that the cat had climbed into the cupboard.

Example 3: She noticed her friend looked upset and asked what was wrong.

Fun Fact

Notice comes from Latin notitia, knowledge or being known, from notus, known; notion and notify belong to the same family.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the word opposite in meaning to noticed as used in the sentence:

The shopkeeper noticed at once that a crate of mangoes was missing from the shelf.

a) detected
b) spotted
c) observed
d) overlooked

Show answer

d) overlooked. Spotted, observed and detected mean noticed; overlooked means failed to notice.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Halfway through the exam, Kabir notised that he had skipped an entire page of questions and quickly went back to it.

a) entire
b) exam
c) notised
d) questions

Show answer

c) notised. Notice is spelt with a c, and it keeps that c in noticed.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The teacher dceniot that two pages of my notebook were missing.

a) enticed
b) notified
c) noticed
d) conceited

Show answer

c) noticed. Seven letters with one c and a d make noticed; notified needs an f.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you noticed a rainbow, you ____.

a) missed it
b) imagined it
c) saw it
d) painted it

Show answer

c) saw it

2. What is the present tense of noticed?

a) note
b) notice
c) notion
d) notify

Show answer

b) notice

Associated Words

meetinghomernegationprohibitedmeticulous
convincedhappenedcheerfullynounmotorbike

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