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Spell Bee Word: Twenty


What does twenty mean?

Word: Twenty

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Twenty means the number 20. It is two tens.

How do you spell twenty?

Syllables: twen - ty

Tricky part: The middle vowel is e, not i. Said quickly, the e can sound like an i.

Watch out for: twinty, tuenty

Memory tip: Twenty starts with tw, like two, because it means two tens.

Twenty in a sentence

Example 1: Our class has twenty desks.

Example 2: Dada gave me twenty rupees for the fair.

Example 3: I can count up to twenty in English and Hindi.

Fun Fact

An old English word for twenty is score, so four score means eighty.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) twentey
b) twenty
c) twenti
d) twentee

Show answer

b) twenty. Twenty ends in ty, like thirty and forty.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tytnew

a) twenyt
b) twetny
c) twnety
d) twenty

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d) twenty. Begin with tw, as in two.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

five, ten, fifteen, ____

a) sixteen
b) twelve
c) thirty
d) twenty

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d) twenty. Each number is five more than the one before, and fifteen plus five is twenty.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

twennty

a) y
b) n
c) t
d) w

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b) n. Lift out one n and twen-ty is right again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which coins make twenty rupees?

a) three 5-rupee coins
b) five 2-rupee coins
c) four 5-rupee coins
d) two 5-rupee coins

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c) four 5-rupee coins

2. How many twenty-rupee notes make one hundred rupees?

a) ten
b) five
c) four
d) two

Show answer

b) five

Associated Words

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More words from this list

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Next steps

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