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Spell Bee Word: Reside


What does reside mean?

Word: Reside

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Reside means to have your home in a place, usually for a long time.

Synonyms: dwell, stay

How do you spell reside?

Syllables: re - side

Tricky part: The middle sound buzzes like z, but it is written with an s, and the word ends in a silent e.

Watch out for: recide, resyde, reseid

Memory tip: Reside ends in -ide, like decide and divide. All three finish with a silent e.

Reside in a sentence

Example 1: My cousins reside in Bengaluru.

Example 2: Many birds reside in the old banyan tree near our school.

Example 3: The family has resided in this village for three generations.

Fun Fact

Reside comes from the Latin residere, to sit back or settle. Residue, the bit left behind at the bottom of a pot, shares the same root.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

reside

a) travel
b) leave
c) wander
d) live

Show answer

d) live. To reside somewhere is to live there.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My grandparents reside in a cottage near the mountians.

a) mountians
b) grandparents
c) cottage
d) reside

Show answer

a) mountians. Mountain ends in -tain, like captain.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) reside
b) colide
c) provide
d) confide

Show answer

b) colide. Collide needs a double l: col-lide.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

r_side

a) i
b) o
c) a
d) e

Show answer

d) e. Reside starts with re, as in return.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The President of India resides in ____.

a) India Gate
b) Rashtrapati Bhavan
c) the Red Fort
d) Parliament House

Show answer

b) Rashtrapati Bhavan

2. Which person resides in Jaipur?

a) Gita, who once flew over Jaipur
b) Anil, whose family home is in Jaipur
c) Rita, who is in Jaipur for one day
d) Om, who is changing trains in Jaipur

Show answer

b) Anil, whose family home is in Jaipur

Associated Words

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