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Spell Bee Word: Require


Basic Details

Word: Require

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To need something, or to make something necessary or compulsory.

Synonyms: need, demand, call for

How to Spell Require

Syllables: re - quire

Tricky part: The ending is uire, as in inquire and acquire: in English words q is nearly always followed by u, then ire. Students write requier or drop the u.

Watch out for: requier, reqiure, requre

Memory tip: Require, inquire and acquire all end in quire. Say quire like choir, which is how it sounds, and spell it q-u-i-r-e.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Most of the jobs on this list require a driving licence.

Example 2: Do you require any help carrying those boxes?

Example 3: The rules require every player to wear shin pads.

Fun Fact

Require comes from Latin requirere, to seek again. The same root, quaerere, to seek, is behind inquire, question and quest.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word require as used in the sentence:

The recipe will require two cups of rice flour and a pinch of salt.

a) waste
b) forbid
c) need
d) replace

Show answer

c) need. A recipe that requires flour needs it; waste and forbid have nothing to do with that.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

requiere

a) i
b) u
c) r
d) e

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d) e. After the qui comes re, and nothing else: re-quire.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:

Most plants rueqier sunlight and water to grow well.

a) requite
b) require
c) acquire
d) inquire

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b) require. The jumble holds two r's; inquire and acquire have only one, and requite swaps the second r for a t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A job that requires patience is one that ____.

a) pays you for it
b) takes it away
c) forbids it
d) needs a lot of it

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d) needs a lot of it

2. In 'Silence is required in the library', silence is ____.

a) compulsory
b) unusual
c) optional
d) forbidden

Show answer

a) compulsory

Associated Words

delegatecompetitordescendedintellecthumour
developmentemphasishandicappedprosecutorabruptly

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