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Spell Bee Word: Second


What does second mean?

Word: Second

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Second means coming next after the first one. As a noun, a second is also a very short bit of time.

Synonyms: next

How do you spell second?

Syllables: sec - ond

Tricky part: The k sound is spelt with a single c, not k and not cc.

Watch out for: seccond, sekond

Memory tip: Think of the silver medal for second place, hanging from a ribbon curved like the letter c.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. second to none: Better than all the others. Example: "Mum's mango pickle is second to none."

Second in a sentence

Example 1: Riya came second in the sack race.

Example 2: Our classroom is on the second floor.

Example 3: Wait a second, I am tying my shoelace.

Fun Fact

There are 86,400 seconds in one day: 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) secont
b) secand
c) second
d) secend

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c) second. Say sec-ond: the last part is o-n-d, like pond.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dnoecs

a) secnod
b) seocnd
c) sceond
d) second

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d) second. Say it in two beats and the six letters fall into place.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

day, hour, minute, ____

a) second
b) year
c) month
d) week

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a) second. Each one is shorter than the last, and a second is shorter than a minute.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Anna lives on the second floor of that bilding.

a) Anna
b) lives
c) second
d) bilding

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d) bilding. Building has a u after the b: b-u-i-l-d-i-n-g.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you are second in a line, how many people are in front of you?

a) three
b) one
c) two
d) none

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b) one

2. Aman came second in the running race. Which medal did he win?

a) silver
b) bronze
c) gold
d) no medal

Show answer

a) silver

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: next

More words from this list

sunset, wonder, blueberry, correction, feast, harmless, pastry, scientist

Next steps

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