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Spell Bee Word: Quite

Quite (adverb): more than a little, as in quite cold. It can also mean completely, as in quite right.

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What does quite mean?

Word: Quite

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Quite means more than a little, as in quite cold. It can also mean completely, as in quite right.

Synonyms: rather

How do you spell quite?

Syllables: quite

Tricky part: Quite is easy to mix up with quiet and quit. Quite has one syllable and ends in te; quiet has two syllables and ends in et; quit has no e at all.

Watch out for: qwite, kuite

Memory tip: Count the beats: quite has one beat and ends with a silent e, while qui-et has two beats with the e before the t.

Quite in a sentence

Example 1: The test was quite easy.

Example 2: It is quite cold this morning.

Example 3: Are you quite sure you locked the door?

Fun Fact

Quite and quiet both come from the same Latin word, quietus, which meant at rest.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) quaite
b) quite
c) quyte
d) queyte

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b) quite. The vowel after qu is a plain i.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The ripe mango was kwite sweet.

a) sweet
b) kwite
c) mango
d) ripe

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b) kwite. Quite opens with qu, not kw.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

quite

a) fairly
b) never
c) slowly
d) loudly

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a) fairly. Quite good and fairly good mean the same thing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which sentence is quite used the right way?

a) Please be quite in the library.
b) The water is quite warm.
c) I quite the game and went home.
d) The quite little cat slept.

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b) The water is quite warm.

2. Felix is quite tall. What does this tell you?

a) He is not tall at all.
b) He is the shortest in his class.
c) He is taller than most children.
d) He is shorter than his sister.

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c) He is taller than most children.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ite: invite, recite, unite, excite, favourite, opposite

More words from this list

sour, tulip, another, carpet, dive, ginger, inside, mittens

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