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Spell Bee Word: Stand


What does stand mean?

Word: Stand

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Stand means to be on your feet with your body upright, or to get up onto your feet.

Synonyms: get up

How do you spell stand?

Syllables: stand

Tricky part: The d at the end is easy to drop when you say the word fast, so say the last sound clearly: stan-d.

Watch out for: stant, standd

Memory tip: Think of your feet planted firmly on the ground: stand finishes firmly with a d.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. stand on your own two feet: To manage by yourself without help. Example: "After moving to Pune for work, my cousin learnt to stand on her own two feet."

Stand in a sentence

Example 1: We stand up when the teacher enters the class.

Example 2: Please stand in a straight line.

Example 3: I can stand on one leg for ten seconds.

Fun Fact

Flamingos often stand on one leg, even while they are resting.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: stand

a) wait
b) sit
c) stay
d) rise

Show answer

b) sit. When you stop standing, you sit, so sit is the opposite.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We stend up to sing the school song.

a) song
b) sing
c) stend
d) school

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c) stend. Stand has the word and in it, so the vowel is a.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) stannd
b) listen
c) whistle
d) follow

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a) stannd. Stand has one n before the d.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ndtsa

a) stand
b) tsand
c) stnad
d) satnd

Show answer

a) stand. Only one choice spells the word for being up on your feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At school, we leave our bicycles in the cycle stand. What is a cycle stand for?

a) mending broken chains
b) washing muddy bicycles
c) pumping air into tyres
d) holding bicycles upright

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d) holding bicycles upright

2. Dhruv says, 'I cannot stand bitter gourd.' What does he mean?

a) he does not like it at all
b) he cannot cook it
c) he cannot find it
d) he cannot carry it

Show answer

a) he does not like it at all

Associated Words

Words that end in -and: understand, brand, husband, garland, headband, thousand

More words from this list

warm, balloon, cart, define, food, jeans, nose, rice

Next steps

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