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Spell Bee Word: Serious


Basic Details

Word: Serious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Thoughtful and not joking; also important or bad enough to worry about, like a serious injury.

Synonyms: grave, solemn, earnest

Antonyms: playful, funny, light-hearted

Sounds like: Sirius (the brightest star in the night sky)

How to Spell Serious

Syllables: se - ri - ous

Tricky part: The ending is ous, as in famous, and there is an i before it. Children write serius or swap the vowels to seriuos.

Watch out for: serius, sirious, seriuos

Memory tip: Many describing words end in ous - famous, curious, serious. Say se-ri-ous slowly and hear the i before ous.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Papa had a serious talk with us about road safety.

Example 2: Is the cut serious, or will a plaster do?

Example 3: Kabir looked serious as he walked up to bowl.

Fun Fact

Serious comes from the Latin serius, which meant weighty or earnest.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) curius
b) furyous
c) serious
d) nervus

Show answer

c) serious. Curious, furious and nervous all end in ous; serious is the only one spelt right.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

serious

a) solemn
b) playful
c) grave
d) stern

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b) playful. Grave, solemn and stern are close to serious, but playful is its opposite.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

uoisres

a) serious
b) sreious
c) seriuos
d) seroius

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a) serious. Put ser at the front and the ending ous at the back; the i goes between.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pick the serious problem.

a) a lost balloon
b) a bent paper clip
c) a fire in the kitchen
d) a missing eraser

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c) a fire in the kitchen

2. When the joke ended, the room became ____ again.

a) shiny
b) serious
c) slippery
d) sugary

Show answer

b) serious

Associated Words

eagernessaddsigncityassemble
mightybouncepeahenboxingpatient

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