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Spell Bee Word: Represent


What does represent mean?

Word: Represent

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Represent means to be a sign or symbol of something, or to act or speak for a person or group.

Synonyms: symbolise

How do you spell represent?

Syllables: rep - re - sent

Tricky part: All three vowels are e's. Students often write an i in the middle or an a near the end.

Watch out for: reprisent, represant, reprecent

Memory tip: Imagine three matching beads on a string, one for each beat of rep-re-sent, and give every bead an e.

Represent in a sentence

Example 1: Kavya will represent our state at the national chess championship.

Example 2: On this map, the small black dots represent towns.

Example 3: Each member of the council represents one ward of the city.

Fun Fact

The 50 stars on the flag of the United States represent the 50 states.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) excercise
b) privilage
c) represent
d) seperate

Show answer

c) represent. Separate, privilege and exercise each have a wrong or extra letter here; represent is right.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

repressent

a) r
b) n
c) p
d) s

Show answer

d) s. Present has a single s, and so does represent.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: represent

a) repeat
b) reply to
c) remove
d) stand for

Show answer

d) stand for. On a map or a flag, to represent something is to stand for it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On many maps, a blue line represents ____.

a) a state border
b) a railway line
c) a river
d) a main road

Show answer

c) a river

2. Yuki will represent her school at the quiz. This means she will ____.

a) take part for her school
b) watch the quiz from the hall
c) judge the other teams
d) set the quiz questions

Show answer

a) take part for her school

Associated Words

Words that end in -sent: absent, dissent, consent

More words from this list

subtitle, waistcoat, autopilot, content, eclipse, government, lad, paradox

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