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Spell Bee Word: Perfect


What does perfect mean?

Word: Perfect

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Perfect means without any mistakes at all; as good as it can possibly be.

Synonyms: flawless, ideal, excellent

How do you spell perfect?

Syllables: per - fect

Tricky part: It starts with per, though it can sound like pur.

Watch out for: purfect, pirfect

Memory tip: Perfect starts with per, just like per cent: a perfect score is 100 per cent.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. practice makes perfect: Doing something again and again makes you very good at it. Example: "I kept reading aloud every day, because practice makes perfect."

Perfect in a sentence

Example 1: Meera got a perfect score in the spelling test.

Example 2: It was a perfect day for a picnic.

Example 3: The tailor made a perfect fit for my school blazer.

Fun Fact

In maths, 6 is called a perfect number because 1 + 2 + 3, its smaller factors, add up to 6.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: perfect

a) correct
b) smooth
c) neat
d) faulty

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d) faulty. Something faulty has problems, so it cannot be perfect.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) finish
b) perfekt
c) complete
d) splendid

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b) perfekt. Perfect ends in ct, never kt.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

perffect

a) e
b) r
c) f
d) c

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c) f. Perfect has a single f.

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

perfect

a) dis
b) im
c) un
d) in

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b) im. Im is the not-prefix used before p, as in impossible: imperfect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A perfect score means ____.

a) more than half right
b) no mistakes at all
c) just a pass mark
d) only one mistake

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b) no mistakes at all

2. Ravi's drawing of a circle is perfect. This means the circle is ____.

a) exactly round all over
b) a little bit squashed
c) drawn in red crayon
d) smaller than a coin

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a) exactly round all over

Associated Words

fruitceremonyamusebuyharbour
improvementbeliefaccusescatterdeep

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