What does recount mean?
Word: Recount
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Recount means to tell someone about something that happened, going through the events in order.
Synonyms: relate, describe
How do you spell recount?
Syllables: re - count
Tricky part: Account doubles its c, so many students write a double c here too. This verb has only one.
Watch out for: reccount, recounte
Memory tip: Account doubles its c, but recount keeps the single c you also see in count and discount.
Recount in a sentence
Example 1: After the school trip to Jaipur, Kabir had to recount the whole day for his grandmother.
Example 2: Our English task was to recount a time we helped someone at home.
Example 3: The coach asked each player to recount what happened in the last over of the match.
Fun Fact
In English lessons a recount is also a kind of writing: a diary entry or a report on a class trip that tells events in the order they happened.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
r_c_unt
a) a, o
b) i, o
c) e, a
d) e, o
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d) e, o. The prefix is the short re of replay, and the vowels after the c are the ou of loud.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
recounnt
a) c
b) n
c) u
d) t
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b) n. The ending is spelt like mount and amount, with one n.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
recount
a) narrate
b) postpone
c) conceal
d) imagine
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a) narrate. To narrate is to tell a story in order; to conceal is to hide it, which is nearly the opposite.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) ocasion
b) recount
c) discription
d) dialouge
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b) recount. Each of the others has one slip: dialogue needs gue, description begins des, and occasion takes two c's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Meena is asked to recount her visit to the science museum. What should she do?
a) write a list of museum rules
b) tell what she saw there, step by step
c) draw a map of the museum building
d) copy out the museum's opening times
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b) tell what she saw there, step by step
2. Which of these would a newspaper reporter most likely recount?
a) the height of a mango tree
b) the events of a village cricket final
c) the colour of a school bus
d) the price of a train ticket
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b) the events of a village cricket final
