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Spell Bee Word: Trust


What does trust mean?

Word: Trust

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Trust means to believe that someone is honest and will not hurt or cheat you.

Synonyms: have faith in

Antonyms: distrust

How do you spell trust?

Syllables: trust

Tricky part: The vowel is u, the same as in bus and must.

Watch out for: trost, trast, trusd

Memory tip: Picture the U in the middle of trust as two cupped hands holding something safe for a friend.

Trust in a sentence

Example 1: I trust my best friend with all my secrets.

Example 2: Can we trust the weather report today?

Example 3: The puppy slowly learnt to trust the new family.

Fun Fact

Trust is related to the words true and truth. All of them go back to old words about being firm and faithful.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: trust

a) doubt
b) depend
c) rely
d) believe

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a) doubt. To doubt someone is to not trust them; the other three are close to trust.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) trustwerthy
b) trustwurthy
c) trustworthy
d) trustworthey

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c) trustworthy. Someone you can trust is trustworthy: trust joined to worthy, which ends in a plain y after worth.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The farmer did not trusst the old wooden bridge after the heavy rain.

a) heavy
b) trusst
c) farmer
d) bridge

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b) trusst. Trust has a single s before the final t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meena trusts her friend. How can you tell?

a) She checks her friend's bag each day.
b) She never lends her friend anything.
c) She hides her pencils from her friend.
d) She lets her friend read her diary.

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d) She lets her friend read her diary.

2. 'Do not trust the ice on the pond.' This warns that the ice may ____.

a) not hold your weight
b) melt into the pond by noon
c) be too shiny to see
d) be too cold to touch

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a) not hold your weight

Associated Words

scoldchardwinkimpossibleupstream
groupnarrowdormitoryobservechef

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