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Spell Bee Word: Relative


What does relative mean?

Word: Relative

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Relative means a person who belongs to your family, by birth or by marriage. As an adjective it means judged by comparing with something else.

Synonyms: kin, family member

Antonyms: absolute

How do you spell relative?

Syllables: rel - a - tive

Tricky part: The middle vowel is a weak sound, so children guess i or e. It is an a.

Watch out for: relitive, reletive

Memory tip: A relative arrives to stay, and an a for arrives stays in the middle of relative.

Relative in a sentence

Example 1: Every summer a different relative comes to stay with us in Shimla.

Example 2: We visited a relative in Jaipur during the Diwali holidays.

Example 3: At the wedding I met a relative I had never seen before.

Fun Fact

Einstein's famous theory of relativity takes its name from the idea that how fast something moves can only be measured compared with something else.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

rellative

a) l
b) v
c) t
d) r

Show answer

a) l. Relative needs just one l after the re.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My favourite relativ is my grandfather, who teaches me chess every Sunday.

a) Sunday
b) relativ
c) favourite
d) grandfather

Show answer

b) relativ. Relative ends in ive, so an e follows the v.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

relative

a) neighbour
b) stranger
c) relation
d) teacher

Show answer

c) relation. A relation is a member of your family, just like a relative.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) relative
b) cousin
c) daughtar
d) nephew

Show answer

c) daughtar. Daughter ends in er, as in mother and sister.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these people is a relative?

a) your class teacher
b) the shopkeeper
c) your bus driver
d) your uncle

Show answer

d) your uncle

2. Your mother's sister is your ____.

a) cousin
b) niece
c) aunt
d) grandmother

Show answer

c) aunt

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