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Spell Bee Word: Silent


What does silent mean?

Word: Silent

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Silent means making no sound at all, or not speaking.

Synonyms: still, noiseless

Antonyms: noisy, loud

How do you spell silent?

Syllables: si - lent

Tricky part: The first vowel is i and the ending is ent, not ant.

Watch out for: silant, sylent, silunt

Memory tip: Silent and listen use exactly the same six letters, and you need to be silent to listen.

Silent in a sentence

Example 1: The hall went silent when the principal walked in.

Example 2: The k in knife is silent.

Example 3: Please keep your phone on silent during the film.

Fun Fact

India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra, made by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913, was a silent film.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

silent

a) quiet
b) busy
c) angry
d) bright

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a) quiet. A silent room and a quiet room both have hardly any sound in them.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) silent
b) presant
c) pleasent
d) importent

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a) silent. Pleasant and important end in ant and present ends in ent; each is misspelt here, while silent is correct.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

silent

a) ley
b) lie
c) ly
d) lee

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c) ly. Silently, meaning without a sound, is silent with ly added, as in quickly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which word is the w silent?

a) water
b) wet
c) write
d) window

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c) write

2. Where are people usually asked to stay silent?

a) at a cricket match
b) at a busy vegetable market
c) in a school playground
d) in a library reading room

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d) in a library reading room

Associated Words

performbushygalaxylightningconvince
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