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Spell Bee Word: Quarter


What does quarter mean?

Word: Quarter

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Quarter means one of four equal parts of something; also, a part of a town or city.

How do you spell quarter?

Syllables: quar - ter

Tricky part: The first part sounds like kwor but is spelt quar. Children often drop the r and write quater.

Watch out for: quater, qaurter, quorter

Memory tip: Quarter has an r in both parts, quar and ter: one r each.

Quarter in a sentence

Example 1: I ate a quarter of the watermelon by myself.

Example 2: The bus leaves at a quarter past seven.

Example 3: My uncle lives in the old quarter of Hyderabad.

Fun Fact

In the USA, a quarter is also the name of a 25-cent coin.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rtaqeur

a) quieter
b) quartet
c) quarrel
d) quarter

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d) quarter. The jumble has one t and no l or i, which rules out quartet, quarrel and quieter.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) quarter
b) hundered
c) fourty
d) thousend

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a) quarter. Number words trip children up: forty has no u, and hundred and thousand end in red and sand.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

quarter

a) double
b) whole
c) fourth
d) half

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c) fourth. A quarter is one fourth of something.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A quarter to nine is:

a) 9:45
b) 8:15
c) 8:45
d) 9:15

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c) 8:45

2. What is a quarter of 60?

a) 30
b) 20
c) 12
d) 15

Show answer

d) 15

Associated Words

photographergraduateincorrectretreatdisrespect
qualifierexplorergrottorecipienthardware

Next steps

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