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Spell Bee Word: Underground


What does underground mean?

Word: Underground

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Underground means below the surface of the ground. An underground train runs through tunnels.

Synonyms: below ground

How do you spell underground?

Syllables: un - der - ground

Tricky part: It is written as one word, with no space or hyphen. Children who write fast sometimes swap letters to make undreground.

Watch out for: under ground, under-ground, undreground

Memory tip: Picture a metro train sliding into its tunnel: the whole word slides along together with no gap.

Underground in a sentence

Example 1: Many Delhi Metro stations are underground.

Example 2: Moles dig long tunnels underground.

Example 3: Water from underground is pulled up by a hand pump.

Fun Fact

London opened the world's first underground railway in 1863. Today Londoners call it the Underground or the Tube.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) underground
b) undergroand
c) undergrund
d) undergraund

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a) underground. The ground part keeps its ou, as in round and sound.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: underground

a) buried
b) overground
c) hidden
d) beneath

Show answer

b) overground. Overground trains run above the earth, not below it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dongundruer

a) unedrground
b) udnerground
c) undegrround
d) underground

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d) underground. Udnerground, unedrground and undegrround keep the ou of ground but swap two letters.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tunnel
b) basment
c) burrow
d) underground

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b) basment. Basement keeps the e of base before ment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal makes its home underground?

a) a sparrow
b) a monkey
c) a squirrel
d) a rabbit

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d) a rabbit

2. Which part of a mango tree grows underground?

a) the roots
b) the fruit
c) the branches
d) the trunk

Show answer

a) the roots

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