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Spell Bee Word: Offer


What does offer mean?

Word: Offer

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Offer means to hold out or say you will give something to someone, so that they can take it if they want.

Synonyms: give, present

Antonyms: withhold

How do you spell offer?

Syllables: of - fer

Tricky part: Offer has a double f, even though you hear only one f sound.

Watch out for: ofer, ofered

Memory tip: Picture two hands held out when you offer something: one f for each hand.

Offer in a sentence

Example 1: Raju offered his seat to an old lady on the bus.

Example 2: Can I offer you a glass of nimbu pani?

Example 3: The shop is offering two notebooks for the price of one.

Fun Fact

Offer comes from the Latin offerre, made of ob, towards, and ferre, to carry or bring.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: offer

a) refuse
b) provide
c) share
d) lend

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a) refuse. To refuse is to say no, while to offer is to hold something out.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) acsept
b) offer
c) sugest
d) promiss

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b) offer. Suggest, accept and promise are the right spellings of the other three.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

It was kind of Meena to offar her umbrella to the new girl.

a) umbrella
b) girl
c) kind
d) offar

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d) offar. The ending of offer is er, the same as in sister.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word: offer

a) ring
b) ing
c) ying
d) eing

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b) ing. The r of offer is not doubled before ing, because the stress falls on of: offering.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you offer to help a friend, you ____.

a) wait for them to ask first
b) tell them to do it alone
c) ask someone else to help
d) say you are ready to help

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d) say you are ready to help

2. In a shop, a special offer usually means ____.

a) a lower price than usual
b) a longer queue than usual
c) the shop is closing early
d) a higher price than usual

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a) a lower price than usual

Associated Words

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