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Spell Bee Word: Pause


What does pause mean?

Word: Pause

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pause means a short stop in the middle of speaking or doing something, before carrying on. It is also a verb: to pause.

Synonyms: break, halt, rest, gap

Sounds like: paws (the soft feet of animals such as cats and dogs)

How do you spell pause?

Syllables: pause

Tricky part: The vowel sound is written au, not aw. Pause sounds the same as paws, the feet of a cat or dog.

Watch out for: pawse, pawce

Memory tip: A cat may pause to lick its paws, but the word for stopping uses au, like the au in August.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. give someone pause: to make someone stop and think carefully Example: "The long queue at the ticket counter gave us pause."

Pause in a sentence

Example 1: Press pause if you need to answer the door.

Example 2: After a short pause, the speaker smiled and went on.

Example 3: The music teacher told us to pause for a breath at the end of each line.

Fun Fact

Most video players show pause as two upright bars, a sign used on tape recorders long before phones existed.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sausege
b) laundery
c) dinasaur
d) pause

Show answer

d) pause. Laundry has no e before the r, sausage ends in age, and dinosaur has an o after the n.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

pause

a) wait
b) continue
c) hide
d) sleep

Show answer

b) continue. When you stop for a moment and then do this, you carry on.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The teacher made a short pauze before she read out the quiz results.

a) results
b) teacher
c) pauze
d) short

Show answer

c) pauze. The z sound in this word is spelt with an s, followed by a silent e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these best describes a pause in a song?

a) the final verse
b) the song title
c) a loud drum roll
d) a moment of quiet

Show answer

d) a moment of quiet

2. Why might a speaker pause in the middle of a speech?

a) to start running
b) to take a breath
c) to switch off the fans
d) to give out sweets

Show answer

b) to take a breath

Associated Words

Words that end in -use: amuse, lighthouse, confuse, accuse, recluse, fuse

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: break, halt, gap

More words from this list

scout, thunder, amusing, buzzard, countable, exciting, happiness, lettuce

Next steps

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