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Spell Bee Word: sponsor


Basic Details

Word: Sponsor

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To pay for an event, a programme or a person's training, often in return for advertising; a sponsor is also the person or company that pays.

Synonyms: fund, support, back

Antonyms: oppose

How to Spell Sponsor

Syllables: spon - sor

Tricky part: The ending is or, but it sounds like er, so sponser is a very common mistake.

Watch out for: sponser, sponsur, spounsor

Memory tip: A sponsor pays FOR something, and the word ends in the same or as for.

Usage Examples

Example 1: A sports shop will sponsor our school's football team this year.

Example 2: Many companies sponsor scholarships for bright students.

Example 3: Who is going to sponsor the science fair prizes?

Fun Fact

Sponsor comes from the Latin spondere, to promise solemnly. In early church use a sponsor was a godparent who made promises for a child at baptism.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A local bank agreed to sponser the cricket tournament for village schools.

a) village
b) sponser
c) agreed
d) tournament

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b) sponser. This word ends in or, the same way doctor and actor do.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nsoorps

a) spoons
b) persons
c) sponge
d) sponsor

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d) sponsor. Look for the r: spoons has none, and persons and sponge both want an e.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: sponsor

a) oppose
b) refuse
c) waste
d) fund

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d) fund. To fund something is to give the money for it, which is what a sponsor does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A company sponsors a marathon. What does it most likely do?

a) pays some of the costs
b) runs the whole race
c) cancels the race
d) builds the road

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a) pays some of the costs

2. Which of these could sponsor a school sports day?

a) a library book
b) the finishing line
c) a sports-shoe company
d) a stopwatch

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c) a sports-shoe company

Associated Words

fraternitynonchalantfloratemptclarity
besiegefaultyadjacentevadeconcoct

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