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Spell Bee Word: Thirteen


What does thirteen mean?

Word: Thirteen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Thirteen means the number 13, which is ten and three more.

How do you spell thirteen?

Syllables: thir - teen

Tricky part: Thirteen starts with thir, not with the word three.

Watch out for: threeteen, thurteen

Memory tip: Thirteen starts like third and thirsty, not like three.

Thirteen in a sentence

Example 1: My brother is thirteen years old.

Example 2: There are thirteen mangoes in the basket.

Example 3: Thirteen comes after twelve.

Fun Fact

A baker's dozen is thirteen, one more than an ordinary dozen of twelve.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) thirtin
b) thirtean
c) thirtein
d) thirteen

Show answer

d) thirteen. Thirteen ends in teen, like fourteen.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

thirtteen

a) n
b) r
c) h
d) t

Show answer

d) t. Only one t comes after the r.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

eleven, twelve, ____, fourteen

a) three
b) thirteen
c) thirty
d) twenty

Show answer

b) thirteen. Counting up by one, thirteen sits between twelve and fourteen.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

There are thirteen childern on our school bus.

a) school
b) childern
c) thirteen
d) bus

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b) childern. Children ends in dren: chil-dren, with the r straight after the d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thirteen and thirty sound alike. Which word is the number 30?

a) third
b) thirty
c) thirteen
d) three

Show answer

b) thirty

2. What is thirteen add two?

a) fourteen
b) twelve
c) sixteen
d) fifteen

Show answer

d) fifteen

Associated Words

Words that end in -teen: seventeen, eighteen, canteen, nineteen

More words from this list

actually, block, cloud, enjoy, grape, lonely, plate, seven

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