What does recommend mean?
Word: Recommend
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Recommend means to tell someone that a thing or a person is good and worth trying or choosing.
Synonyms: advise
How do you spell recommend?
Syllables: rec - om - mend
Tricky part: The trap is the double letter: students double the wrong one, or both, or neither.
Watch out for: reccomend, recomend
Memory tip: One cat, two mice: recommend has a single c and then a double m.
Recommend in a sentence
Example 1: Our librarian recommended a mystery novel, and I finished it in two days.
Example 2: The doctor recommends drinking plenty of water in the summer heat.
Example 3: Can you recommend a good place to eat noodles near the station?
Fun Fact
Recommend, commend and command all go back to the Latin word mandare, which means to hand over or to trust someone with something.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
rec_mme_d
a) o, n
b) u, n
c) a, n
d) o, m
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a) o, n. The vowel after the c is an o, and an n comes just before the final d.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) recommand
b) understand
c) expand
d) demand
Show answer
a) recommand. Demand, expand and understand really end in and, but recommend ends in mend.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: recommend
a) borrow
b) complain
c) suggest
d) forbid
Show answer
c) suggest. When you recommend something, you suggest it to someone.
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____commend
a) ri
b) ree
c) re
d) ra
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c) re. Re is the same prefix that starts return and repay, spelt with one e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a friend recommends a film to you, she ____.
a) thinks you will like it
b) is selling the tickets
c) wants you to avoid it
d) has never heard of it
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a) thinks you will like it
2. Which sentence uses recommend correctly?
a) Can you recommend me to bring my umbrella?
b) The little puppy recommended after a week.
c) I recommend the mango smoothie at this cafe.
d) Ravi recommended a letter from his uncle.
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c) I recommend the mango smoothie at this cafe.
