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Spell Bee Word: Strong


What does strong mean?

Word: Strong

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Strong means having a lot of power in the body, or being hard to break or damage. Strong tea or coffee has a lot of flavour.

Synonyms: powerful

How do you spell strong?

Syllables: strong

Tricky part: Three consonants, s-t-r, come together at the start, and children drop one of them (stong, srong).

Watch out for: stong, srong, storng

Memory tip: Strong starts with the same three letters as street and string. Say all three, s-t-r, as you write them.

Strong in a sentence

Example 1: Hanuman is shown as strong enough to lift a mountain.

Example 2: The wind was so strong that it bent the coconut trees.

Example 3: Use strong thread to stitch the button on.

Fun Fact

Its noun is strength, and the plural strengths is often named as the longest common English word with only one vowel.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: strong

a) sturdy
b) tough
c) mighty
d) weak

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d) weak. Weak is the word for someone who cannot lift much, the reverse of strong.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ngtsro

a) strgon
b) strogn
c) strong
d) strnog

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c) strong. Strnog, strogn and strgon start with str but mix up the o, n and g.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

str_n_

a) o, k
b) a, g
c) o, g
d) e, g

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c) o, g. Strong has an o in the middle and ends in ng, like long and song.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

strong

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

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a) ly. Strongly just adds ly, the way quick becomes quickly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A builder wants the strongest material for a bridge. Which should she choose?

a) glass
b) plastic
c) steel
d) cardboard

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c) steel

2. 'There is a strong smell of onions in the kitchen.' What kind of smell is it?

a) very pleasant
b) hard to notice
c) easy to notice
d) slowly fading

Show answer

c) easy to notice

Associated Words

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competitionalleyroughgroupcaramel

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