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Spell Bee Word: Spare


What does spare mean?

Word: Spare

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Spare means kept in case it is needed, like a spare tyre, or more than you need. As a verb, to spare means to give something you can do without.

Synonyms: extra

How do you spell spare?

Syllables: spare

Tricky part: It ends with a silent e: you write it but do not hear it, and it changes how the a sounds.

Watch out for: spaer

Memory tip: Finish spare with an e that you can see but cannot hear.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. spare no effort: to try as hard as you can Example: "The team spared no effort to get the hall ready for sports day."

Spare in a sentence

Example 1: Always keep a spare pencil in your exam pouch.

Example 2: Can you spare a few minutes to help me?

Example 3: Papa changed the flat tyre and put on the spare.

Fun Fact

In tenpin bowling, a spare means knocking down all ten pins with the two balls of one turn, after the first ball leaves some standing.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

spare

a) additional
b) only
c) missing
d) main

Show answer

a) additional. A spare thing is an additional one, kept for later.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Is there a spare seat on the school bus for my cousen?

a) school
b) cousen
c) seat
d) spare

Show answer

b) cousen. Cousin ends in -in; spare here is spelt correctly.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) spaire
b) spayre
c) spare
d) sparre

Show answer

c) spare. Spare has only a, r and e after sp, with no i, no y and one r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you have spare time, you ____.

a) are late for class
b) have nothing you must do
c) have homework due today
d) have a test to revise for

Show answer

b) have nothing you must do

2. Asking Can you spare ten pounds? means ____

a) Can you give me ten pounds?
b) Can you change ten pounds?
c) Can you count ten pounds?
d) Can you find ten pounds?

Show answer

a) Can you give me ten pounds?

Associated Words

Words that end in -are: prepare, malware, unaware, flare, glare, hectare

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: extra

More words from this list

unknown, apartment, colon, dislodge, fright, invisible, negotiate, quarter

Next steps

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