What does surrender mean?
Word: Surrender
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Surrender means to give up and accept that the other side has won, or to hand something over to someone in charge.
Synonyms: yield, submit, give up
Antonyms: hold out, defy
How do you spell surrender?
Syllables: sur - ren - der
Tricky part: There is a double r in the middle of the word. Surender is the most common mistake.
Watch out for: surender, surrendar
Memory tip: Picture two rolling drums in the middle of the word: surrender has a double r there.
Surrender in a sentence
Example 1: Passengers must surrender their boarding passes at the gate.
Example 2: Arjun would not surrender the chess game, even with only his king and two pawns left.
Example 3: Our tired team did not surrender and scored in the very last minute.
Fun Fact
In chess, a player can surrender without a word by laying their king down on its side.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: surrender
a) resist
b) follow
c) borrow
d) repeat
Show answer
a) resist. To resist is to keep going against something instead of giving in.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
s_rr_nder
a) u, e
b) e, e
c) u, a
d) a, e
Show answer
a) u, e. Sur opens the word, and an e follows the double r.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rdnseurer
a) dresser
b) reindeer
c) runners
d) surrender
Show answer
d) surrender. Reindeer needs an i, runners needs two n's, and dresser needs two s's.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) surrender
b) arguement
c) desicion
d) patiance
Show answer
a) surrender. Argument drops the e of argue, patience ends in ence, and decision has its c before its s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the tug of war, the blue team surrendered. This means they ____.
a) pulled even harder
b) let go of the rope
c) swapped two players
d) asked for a new rope
Show answer
b) let go of the rope
2. Riya surrendered her phone to the teacher before the test. Who had the phone during the test?
a) Riya's friend
b) Riya
c) the teacher
d) nobody
Show answer
c) the teacher
