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Spell Bee Word: Quiet


What does quiet mean?

Word: Quiet

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Quiet means making little or no noise.

Synonyms: silent, calm

Antonyms: loud

How do you spell quiet?

Syllables: qui - et

Tricky part: Quiet and quite are different words. The one that means no noise has two beats: qui-et.

Watch out for: qwiet, kwiet, cwiet

Memory tip: Q is a quiet letter: it never goes anywhere without its friend u.

Quiet in a sentence

Example 1: Please be quiet, the baby is sleeping.

Example 2: The library is a quiet place to read.

Example 3: Our street is quiet early in the morning.

Fun Fact

Quiet comes from the Latin word quietus, which means at rest.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

quiet

a) slow
b) still
c) noisy
d) small

Show answer

c) noisy. Quiet means making little sound, and noisy means making a lot.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sleepy
b) quiat
c) gentle
d) silent

Show answer

b) quiat. Quiet ends in e-t, not a-t.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The forest was quiett after the rain.

a) forest
b) rain
c) quiett
d) after

Show answer

c) quiett. Quiet ends with a single t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A cat can walk quietly because it has soft ____ on its paws.

a) nails
b) pads
c) feathers
d) scales

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b) pads

2. Quiet and quite look alike. Which sentence uses quite?

a) The quite baby slept.
b) A quite room is nice.
c) It is quite hot today.
d) Please be quite now.

Show answer

c) It is quite hot today.

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: calm, loud

More words from this list

slow, true, April, bucket, cross, fight, hobby, mother

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