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Spell Bee Word: Twelve


What does twelve mean?

Word: Twelve

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Twelve means the number 12, which is ten and two more.

How do you spell twelve?

Syllables: twelve

Tricky part: The word ends in ve, and the e is silent.

Watch out for: twelv, twelvv

Memory tip: Picture a quiet e tiptoeing behind the v at the end, making no sound at all.

Twelve in a sentence

Example 1: There are twelve months in a year.

Example 2: Meera bought twelve bananas at the market.

Example 3: The clock struck twelve at noon.

Fun Fact

Eleven and twelve are the only numbers between ten and twenty that do not end in teen.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) twilve
b) twelve
c) tweleve
d) twelfe

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b) twelve. The middle is the short e of bell, with a v sound after the l.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

veltwe

a) twelve
b) twleve
c) tewlve
d) wtelve

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a) twelve. Start with the tw you hear at the front, then fit the other letters after it.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

nine, ten, eleven, ____

a) eighteen
b) twenty
c) thirteen
d) twelve

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d) twelve. We count up by one each time.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

twellve

a) v
b) t
c) w
d) l

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d) l. Only one l belongs in this number.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many eggs are there in a dozen?

a) 6
b) 20
c) 10
d) 12

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d) 12

2. Rohan has twelve pencils. He gives away three. How many are left?

a) fifteen
b) nine
c) ten
d) eight

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b) nine

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with t: taxi, tractor, tulip, tram, truth, trousers

More words from this list

approve, caterpillar, doughnut, gorilla, jacket, movement, quite, soon

Next steps

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