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Spell Bee Word: Truth


What does truth mean?

Word: Truth

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Truth means what is real, or what really happened.

Synonyms: honesty

Antonyms: lie

How do you spell truth?

Syllables: truth

Tricky part: Truth has no e anywhere, though children often add one and write trueth.

Watch out for: trueth, truethe, truthe

Memory tip: Truth has no silent e at all; do not let one sneak in.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. to tell the truth: used before you say what you honestly think. Example: "To tell the truth, I liked the old park better."

Truth in a sentence

Example 1: Grandpa always told us the truth, even when it was hard to hear.

Example 2: There is some truth in what you are saying.

Example 3: Dev's diary showed the truth about the missing cricket ball.

Fun Fact

India's national motto, Satyameva Jayate, means Truth alone triumphs. It is written below the Lion Capital on our national emblem.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

trut_

a) e
b) h
c) s
d) k

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b) h. The end sound is th, as in tooth.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) truht
b) trooth
c) turth
d) truth

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d) truth. The vowel is a single u, straight after the r.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

truth

a) dream
b) guess
c) joke
d) fact

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d) fact. A fact is something that is really true.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rthut

a) trtuh
b) thrut
c) truth
d) turht

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c) truth. Look for the word that means what really happened.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is telling the truth?

a) Sam says he read the book, but he never opened it.
b) Pia says she was ill, but she was well.
c) Mohan says he ate the last laddoo, and he did.
d) Nina says the dog ate her homework, but it did not.

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c) Mohan says he ate the last laddoo, and he did.

2. A newspaper should tell its readers the truth. What should it print?

a) news that has been checked
b) guesses about the news
c) stories made up for fun
d) jokes about the town

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a) news that has been checked

Associated Words

exertedjudgmenthappenedclearlyradius
antipathybarkingwhencesuggestedescaped

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