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Spell Bee Word: Tremble

Tremble (verb): to move a little, again and again, because you are cold, afraid or excited.


What does tremble mean?

Word: Tremble

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Tremble means to move a little, again and again, because you are cold, afraid or excited.

Synonyms: shiver

How do you spell tremble?

Syllables: trem - ble

Tricky part: The m and the b sit side by side, and both must be written even though the b is soft.

Watch out for: tremmble, trembil, tremle

Memory tip: Say tremble and feel your lips: they press together for the m and pop open for the b. Both letters go in, side by side.

Tremble in a sentence

Example 1: My hands tremble when I am very cold.

Example 2: The leaves tremble when the wind blows.

Example 3: The windows trembled as the train went by.

Fun Fact

Tremble came into English from old French, and before that from Latin. It has been used in English for about seven hundred years.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

tremble

a) rest
b) shake
c) stand
d) smile

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b) shake. When you tremble, your body shakes a little.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tremble
b) trembul
c) trembel
d) trembal

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a) tremble. The last three letters are b, l, e, the same as in table.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

blertme

a) tembrle
b) termble
c) tremble
d) rtemble

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c) tremble. Keep the m and b together, then fit the other letters round them.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

tr_mble

a) u
b) e
c) a
d) i

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b) e. With e the gap makes the word; trimble, tramble and trumble are not words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these might make a puppy tremble?

a) a loud thunderstorm
b) a gentle pat
c) a bowl of food
d) a warm blanket

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a) a loud thunderstorm

2. The ground began to tremble under our feet. What could be passing by?

a) a herd of elephants
b) a sunset
c) a light breeze
d) a rainbow

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a) a herd of elephants

Associated Words

Words that end in -ble: available, double, timetable, comfortable, countable, bubble

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: shiver

More words from this list

already, dinner, garment, ill, midnight, profit, skyscraper, tower

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