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Spell Bee Word: Offend


What does offend mean?

Word: Offend

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Offend means to hurt someone's feelings or make them cross, often without meaning to.

How do you spell offend?

Syllables: of - fend

Tricky part: It starts with a double f, as office and offer do. Pupils who hear only one f sound write ofend.

Watch out for: ofend, offfend

Memory tip: Office, offer and this word all begin with o and a double f.

Offend in a sentence

Example 1: Raj said sorry because he did not want to offend his friend.

Example 2: Speak politely so that you do not offend anyone at the meeting.

Example 3: Her joke about the cake did not offend the baker at all; he laughed.

Fun Fact

The noun offence has British spelling with ce, while American English writes it with se, so the two sides of the Atlantic differ here.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

off_n_

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

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d) e, d. The second syllable sounds just like fend, with e and a d at the end.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

offend

a) follow
b) please
c) borrow
d) upset

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b) please. To please someone makes them happy, the opposite of hurting their feelings.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dfenof

a) offset
b) office
c) often
d) offend

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d) offend. Offset needs s and t, office needs i and c, and often needs a t.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) aplaud
b) explain
c) forgive
d) offend

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a) aplaud. Applaud starts with a double p, as apple does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which action is most likely to offend a guest?

a) saying thank you
b) giving them water
c) offering them a seat
d) ignoring their greeting

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d) ignoring their greeting

2. If you offend someone by mistake, what is a good thing to do?

a) walk off without a word
b) blame someone else
c) say sorry to them
d) pretend it did not happen

Show answer

c) say sorry to them

Associated Words

Words that end in -end: ascend, depend, comprehend, descend, amend, intend

More words from this list

recommend, squid, usual, arise, complaint, distribute, genius, jingle

Next steps

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