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Spell Bee Word: Relax


What does relax mean?

Word: Relax

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Relax means to let your body and mind become calm and loose, free from stress.

Synonyms: rest, unwind, calm down

Antonyms: tense

How do you spell relax?

Syllables: re - lax

Tricky part: The ks sound at the end is written with a single x, not cks or ks.

Watch out for: relaks, relacks, rilaks

Memory tip: Relax is short and easy, like a lazy afternoon: one x at the end does all the work of the ks sound.

Relax in a sentence

Example 1: After the exam, we relaxed under the neem tree in the school garden.

Example 2: Close your eyes and relax your shoulders before you start the test.

Example 3: On Sundays, Papa likes to relax with a cup of tea and the newspaper.

Fun Fact

Breathing out slowly can help the body relax, because a long, slow breath out tends to lower the heart rate a little.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: relax

a) worry
b) laze
c) snooze
d) lounge

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a) worry. To worry is to feel uneasy, the opposite of letting your mind relax.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

r_l_x

a) e, e
b) i, a
c) e, a
d) a, a

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c) e, a. It starts with re, and the second vowel is the short a of cat.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) comfertable
b) relax
c) gentel
d) sleepey

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b) relax. Comfortable has an o after the f, sleepy ends in a plain y and gentle ends in le; relax is right.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

rellax

a) a
b) r
c) x
d) l

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d) l. Relax has just one l, straight after the re.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a long school day, Adam likes to relax by ____.

a) listening to music
b) cleaning the whole house
c) running to catch a bus
d) writing another test

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a) listening to music

2. If the coach tells you to relax your grip on the rope, you should ____.

a) wrap it round your hand
b) tie a knot in it
c) pull it harder
d) hold it less tightly

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d) hold it less tightly

Associated Words

Words that start with rel: relevance, relief, religious, rely, relative, reluctant

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: unwind

More words from this list

strength, visible, assumption, conflict, duchess, gleam, kneecap, osprey

Next steps

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