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Spell Bee Word: Seventeen


What does seventeen mean?

Word: Seventeen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Seventeen means the number 17.

How do you spell seventeen?

Syllables: sev - en - teen

Tricky part: The end is teen, with a double e, as in every number from thirteen to nineteen.

Watch out for: seventen, seventine, seventean

Memory tip: Count the teens, thirteen to nineteen: each one ends with the same four letters, t, e, e, n.

Seventeen in a sentence

Example 1: There are seventeen children on our bus.

Example 2: My didi turned seventeen last week.

Example 3: We need seventeen balloons for the party.

Fun Fact

Seventeen is a prime number: only 1 and 17 divide it exactly. Share 17 sweets among 2, 4 or 8 children and one sweet is always left over.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

twenty, nineteen, eighteen, ____

a) fifteen
b) seventeen
c) sixteen
d) eleven

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b) seventeen. The numbers count back by one, so seventeen comes after eighteen.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sevanteen
b) sevinteen
c) sevunteen
d) seventeen

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d) seventeen. The second vowel in seventeen is an e, though it sounds more like u.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

neevntese

a) sevneteen
b) sveenteen
c) seevnteen
d) seventeen

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d) seventeen. These nine letters make one of the teen numbers.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sevventeen

a) e
b) n
c) s
d) v

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d) v. There is only one v in seventeen, as in very.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is seventeen take away seven?

a) nine
b) eleven
c) ten
d) seven

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c) ten

2. Which number comes just before seventeen?

a) seven
b) fifteen
c) sixteen
d) eighteen

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c) sixteen

Associated Words

Words that end in -teen: fourteen, thirteen, canteen

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