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Spell Bee Word: respond


Basic Details

Word: Respond

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To answer, or to react to something that has happened.

Synonyms: reply, answer, react

Antonyms: ignore

How to Spell Respond

Syllables: re - spond

Tricky part: The end is ond with a d. Students write respont or add an e and write responde.

Watch out for: respont, responde, respund

Memory tip: A pond hides at the end of respond: re-s-pond.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The fire brigade responded within ten minutes of the call.

Example 2: How did your sister respond when she saw the birthday cake?

Example 3: The plant responded well to the new fertiliser.

Fun Fact

Respond, response and correspond come from the Latin spondere, 'to promise'; the word sponsor shares that root.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: respond

a) refuse
b) repeat
c) request
d) reply

Show answer

d) reply. To respond to a message is to reply to it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Doctors must respont quickly when a patient is brought into the emergency ward.

a) quickly
b) respont
c) Doctors
d) emergency

Show answer

b) respont. The word ends in pond, with a d.

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

respond

a) cor
b) con
c) co
d) com

Show answer

a) cor. Cor meets the r of respond to make correspond, with a double r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you respond to a letter, you ____.

a) hide it
b) forget it
c) tear it up
d) write back

Show answer

d) write back

2. The noun linked to respond is ____.

a) respondment
b) responsion
c) response
d) respondance

Show answer

c) response

Associated Words

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