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Spell Bee Word: Suggest


What does suggest mean?

Word: Suggest

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Suggest means to give an idea or a plan for someone to think about.

Synonyms: propose

How do you spell suggest?

Syllables: sug - gest

Tricky part: Suggest has a double g, and the second g sounds like j, so children often write sugest or sujest.

Watch out for: sugest, sujest, sudgest

Memory tip: Two g's sit side by side in suggest, like two friends sharing one idea.

Suggest in a sentence

Example 1: Can you suggest a good book for me?

Example 2: Mamu suggested a picnic by the lake.

Example 3: I suggest we play kho-kho after lunch.

Fun Fact

The noun from suggest is suggestion, and many schools keep a suggestion box where students can drop in their ideas.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) suggast
b) suggest
c) suggist
d) soggest

Show answer

b) suggest. After the double g comes est, as in best.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

suggesst

a) u
b) t
c) g
d) s

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d) s. There is only one s in suggest, just before the t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gsetgus

a) suggets
b) suggtes
c) suggset
d) suggest

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d) suggest. Only one choice spells the word for giving an idea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a suggestion?

a) 'My name is Asha.'
b) 'Shall we fly kites this evening?'
c) 'It is raining today.'
d) 'Close the door now.'

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b) 'Shall we fly kites this evening?'

2. Which sentence uses suggest correctly?

a) Can you suggest a name for my puppy?
b) The bird suggested over the tall tree.
c) Please suggest the door when you go.
d) I suggest my lunch box to school.

Show answer

a) Can you suggest a name for my puppy?

Associated Words

Words that end in -est: honest, guest, digest, interest

More words from this list

wipe, battery, chart, doe, frozen, kind, owl, root

Next steps

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